Secondary · LE16 · Leicestershire

The Robert Smyth Academy

Burnmill Road, Market Harborough, LE16 7JG

TUDOR GRANGE ACADEMIES TRUST is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

Area judgements

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedArea judgements
Attendance94.9%
AttainmentProgress 8: +0.37
AdmissionsUsually oversubscribed
Pupils1349

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Area judgements

New inspection format: no single overall grade.

Monitoring visit confirmed the previous Good overall grade — see the full report for latest area judgements.

Inspection history

  1. Previous gradedRequires improvement
  2. Latest ungradedSchool remains Good

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in LE16. Where we have them, council (Harborough) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
1349
Free school meals
12.2%
Same as district average (12.2%)

Also: England 25.8%

SEN
18.2%
3.2% above district average (15%)

Also: England 16.5%

EAL
2.6%
3.6% below district average (6.2%)
Attendance
94.9%
1.6% below district average (96.5%)

Also: England 91.9%

Persistent absence
9.5%
Progress 8
+0.37 (2023/24)
Attainment 8
53
Grade 5+ English & maths
62.6%
Grade 4+ English & maths
73.2%
Entered for EBacc
85.5%
EBacc average point score
5.01

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the LE16 average; the darker bar is this school.

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2020/2196.7%
  • 2021/2292.8%
  • 2022/2393.7%
  • 2023/2493.9%
  • 2024/2593.7%

Admissions

Demand signal
Usually oversubscribed
Published capacity (GIAS)
1343
Pupils on roll
1349

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Leicestershire page.

SEN support

SEN %
18.2%
On-site provision
Resourced provision · ASD
Need types
ASD

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
  • Methodology · Data updates