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The Robert Smyth Academy

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–19 · Academy

Burnmill Road, Market Harborough LE16 7JG · robertsmyth.tgacademy.org.uk · 01858 440770

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Overview

Ofsted
Remains Good
Ungraded inspection · Nov 2022
GCSEs, 2024/25
53
average Attainment 8 score. Leicestershire 46.2, England 46
Demand for places
1.1
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,349
96% of 1,405 places
Local authority
Leicestershire
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
12.2%
First language not English
2.4%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Tudor Grange Academies Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 223 families put the school first and 207 places were offered; 92% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 236 (Places 174)236September 2023: 225 (Places 202)225September 2024: 220 (Places 201)220September 2025: 217 (Places 204)217September 2026: 223 (Places 207)223Places 207
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262072231.1▲92%
September 2025Sept 20252042171.1▲94%
September 2024Sept 20242012201.1▲90%
September 2023Sept 20232022251.1▲89%
September 2022Sept 20221742361.4▲74%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 53, and 62.6% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Leicestershire it was 46.2, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C+ (33.4 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 46.6 (England 46.3)46.62017/18: 46.2 (England 46.5)46.22018/19: 51.0 (England 46.7)51.02021/22: 56.8 (England 48.8)56.82022/23: 47.0 (England 46.3)47.02023/24: 52.7 (England 45.9)52.72024/25: 53.0 (England 46.0)53.0England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲5346
▲62.6%45.4%
▲73.2%64.8%
▲85.5%40.5%
▲5.014.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form45.9−14.9
Sixth form college8.2+1.3
Further education30.6+9.8
Other education0.6−0.2
Apprenticeship5.9+2.1
Employment3.5+2
Not in a lasting destination3.5+0.4
Activity not captured1.8−0.5

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 32.8 (England 30.5)C+2016/17: 31.7 (England 31.1)C+2017/18: 31.2 (England 32.1)C2018/19: 31.5 (England 32.9)C2021/22: 39.5 (England 37.9)B2022/23: 33.4 (England 34.2)C+2023/24: 32.4 (England 34.4)C+2024/25: 33.4 (England 35.0)C+England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
133 studentsC+ (33.4)Average +0.05
133 studentsC+ (33.5)Average +0.06
9.8%AAB or better
94.3%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24147C+ (32.4)-0.12
2022/23159C+ (33.4)—
2021/22128B (39.5)—
2018/19159C (31.5)+0.07
2017/18229C (31.2)-0.11
2016/17228C+ (31.7)+0.12
2015/16195C+ (32.8)+0.37

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University50−10.1
Further and other education1.3+0.5
Further education0.6—
Other education0.6—
Apprenticeship8.4+5.5
Employment28.6+5.4
Not in a lasting destination7.1+0.6
Activity not captured4.5−2

Ofsted

At an ungraded inspection on 30 November 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for The Robert Smyth Academy was: School remains Good.

Outcome
Remains Good
Inspected
29 Nov 2022
Ungraded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2017

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Sept 2017Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Mar 2015Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    16 to 19 study programmesGood

What parents said

87% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (158 replies, to 4 September 2023).

Recommend
87%
Replies
158
14% · 4 Sept 2023
Child is happy at school▼84% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe●89% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved▲88% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲88% agreeEngland 82%
Child does well▼80% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼65% agreeEngland 82%
Told how child is doing▼76% agreeEngland 84%
Good range of subjects●90% agreeEngland 90%
Can join clubs and activities▲95% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development●76% agreeEngland 78%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼68% agreeEngland 76%

based on the 66% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼30% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 27% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▲77% agreeEngland 67%

based on 40 parents (25%) with SEND

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