Secondary
Sir Harry Smith Community College
Eastrea Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7 1XB
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1084 of 1210 places
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- ASPIRE LEARNING TRUST (WHITTLESEY)
Ofsted
Last inspected September 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
- Sixth formRequires improvement
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
February 2024
Ungraded inspection
Good
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GCSE results
34%
40.6
11th of 12 by our score, among the secondary schools in Peterborough we can score - 14 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 40.6 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.5 |
| Entered the EBacc | 30% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 57% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 34% |
| A level average points per entry | 29.97 |
| A level students | 53 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 38% |
| 22/23 | 41% |
| 23/24 | 31% |
| 24/25 | 34% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 35.1 |
| 22/23 | 30.4 |
| 23/24 | 30.5 |
| 24/25 | 30.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.18 |
| 22/23 | -0.31 |
| 23/24 | -0.66 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 46.7 |
| 22/23 | 44.3 |
| 23/24 | 38.5 |
| 24/25 | 40.6 |
Eastrea Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7 1XB
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Cambridgeshire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Principal
- Dawn White
- Address
- Eastrea Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7 1XB
- Telephone
- 01733703991