Sir Harry Smith Community College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 29 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Cambridgeshire
Unique reference
138053
Address
Eastrea Road, Whittlesey, PE7 1XB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1094 (91% of total capacity)
Boys
50.6%
Girls
49.4%
First language not English
3.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
21.9%
Persistent absence
31.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 86.7%
Other White 4.3%
Mixed 3.4%
Unclassified 2%
African 0.9%
Indian 0.6%
Other Asian 0.5%
Other 0.5%
Caribbean 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.31
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.21
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 20%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 41%
Local authority average 49%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44.3
Local authority average 48.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.76
Local authority average 4.37
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE9
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE32
BiologyGCSE40
Business Studies:SingleGCSE54
ChemistryGCSE40
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE15
Design & TechnologyGCSE49
DanceGCSE10
English LanguageGCSE167
English LiteratureGCSE164
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Sir Harry Smith Community College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
220
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
193
2nd preference
34
3rd preference
25
From another Local Authority
19
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
193
2nd preference
10
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
9
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes20.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
218
113
105
Year 8
185
89
96
Year 9
200
94
106
Year 10
208
118
90
Year 11
176
87
89
Year 12
57
30
27
Year 13
50
23
27
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
87.0%
85.6%
Further education
43.0%
27.4%
35.4%
School sixth form
40.0%
24.8%
36.6%
Sixth form college
1.0%
34.3%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
4.7%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
3.1%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
4.4%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.8%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
62.0%
67.2%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
16.0%
28.1%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.0%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.8%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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