Sir John Hunt Community Sports College

Foundation school · Secondary school · Plymouth, Plymouth
PL5 4AA
Composite score
49.7

School overview

Sir John Hunt Community Sports College is a secondary school serving Plymouth, Plymouth, classified by the DfE as a foundation school. It has 767 pupils aged 11 to 19 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Sir John Hunt Community Sports College 'Good'. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 39.8 — below the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 4.7 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

29% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 44% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 44% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links further down the page.

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#2,538
National rank
#265
In South West
#15
In Plymouth
Top 80%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
39.8
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
29%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
44%
% EBacc grade 5+
0%
EBacc average points score
3.28

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Good

School profile

Pupils on roll 767 % FSM ever-6 43.5% % EAL 3.8% Age range 11–19 Gender Mixed

Location

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