Sir Harry Smith Community College
About the school
Sir Harry Smith Community College is an open secondary school in Cambridgeshire.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 30 September 2025
- Published
- 17 November 2025
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Not judged
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Not judged
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Requires improvement
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 40.6
- Cambridgeshire
- 48.1
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Cambridgeshire
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 33.50%
- Cambridgeshire
- 49.60%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 57.00%
- Cambridgeshire
- 67.50%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 30.00%
- Cambridgeshire
- 45.60%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 3.5
- Cambridgeshire
- 4.36
- England
- 4.09
A levels and sixth form
Average A-level grade
- School
- C
Average A-level points
- School
- 29.97
AAB or better
- School
- 3.80%
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
1104
Girls
49.28%
Boys
50.72%
SEN support
13.32%
Education, health and care plan
4.08%
English as an additional language
4.30%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
25.50%
Overall absence
11.64
Persistent absence
29.83
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
175
Sustained education or employment
92%
Education
84%
Apprenticeship
4%
Employment
4%
Not sustained
6%
After 16–18 study
Cohort
87
Sustained education or employment
83%
Higher education
53%
Further education
1%
Apprenticeship
10%
Employment
18%