The Robert Smyth Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
C66
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Market Harborough, LE16 7JG
- Distance
- 1.4km away
Welland Park Academy
Welland Park Road, Market Harborough, LE16 9DR
Local ranking7th of 44 secondary schools in Leicestershire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1050
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 12 February 2025. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 52.3 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 60.8% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 79.5% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 176
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 84.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 987
- Boys
- 535 (53%)
- Girls
- 479 (47%)
- Capacity
- 1050 (97% full)
- SEND
- 16.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 13.7%
- EAL
- 3.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.0%
- SEN Support
- 12.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 50.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,963/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 12.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 88.6%
- White Other: 5.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.9%
- Mixed Other: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.5%
- Black African: 0.5%
- Asian Other: 0.4%
88.6%
White British
5.0%
White Other
1.9%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Welland Park Road
Market Harborough, East Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 137170
- UKPRN
- 10034803
- Establishment No.
- 4017
- Trust
- WELLAND PARK COMMUNITY COLLEGE ACADEMY TRUST
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