The Robert Smyth Academy, Market Harborough

In its own words: "Students who attend Robert Smyth Academy will benefit from an outstanding education which will enable them to live happy and fulfilling lives."

Coming up: an admissions event on Saturday 31 October 2026 and an open evening on Wednesday 11 November 2026 at 6pm. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at The Robert Smyth Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 55.1, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.8 in Leicestershire and 47 across England.

68% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 47% in Leicestershire and 47% in England.

That is up from 53 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.37: pupils made above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 41, against 57.7 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 16.7 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 25 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and Business Studies.

For September 2026 entry, 223 families put The Robert Smyth Academy as their first choice and 522 named it as one of their preferences, for 207 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 17 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to The Robert Smyth Academy are Welland Park Academy (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 52.3); and Kibworth Mead Academy (4.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46.9).

The Robert Smyth Academy's 2026 results were higher than all 2 of them.

The Robert Smyth Academy is one of 13 schools run by Tudor Grange Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 45.5 in 2024/25.

Of the 170 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 85% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 31% to a further education college, 6% to an apprenticeship and 4% into work.

Of the 154 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 50% went on to university or other higher education, 8% to apprenticeships and 29% into work. 22% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

10.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 2.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (84%) and Mixed (5%).

The Robert Smyth Academy has a resourced provision for autism: 15 places, 16 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Market Harborough Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Robert Smyth School (opposite), 90 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood The Robert Smyth Academy stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 142 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Leicestershire (58), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, The Robert Smyth Academy issued 104 suspensions, 8.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to The Robert Smyth Academy are Ridgeway Primary Academy (0.3 miles); Market Harborough Church of England Academy (0.5 miles); St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary Academy (0.6 miles); and Great Bowden Academy, A Church of England Primary School (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.