# Sir Harry Smith Community College — Peterborough, United Kingdom

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## At a glance

- **Type:** Secondary
- **Parent rating:** 1.4/5 from 15 published reviews
- **Principal:** Dawn White

## Contact

- **Address:** Eastrea Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7 1XB
- **Phone:** 01733 703991
- **Website:** http://www.sirharrysmith.cambs.sch.uk/
- **SchoolBrowse profile:** https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/peterborough/sir-harry-smith-community-college-13481

## About

Sir Harry Smith Community College is proud to serve its local community and we recognise the important role that education plays. We are committed to promoting our new college ethos, providing an environment in which our students are: Prepared to learn Respectful to staff and peers Safe; providing an environment in which our students feel safe & supported

## Official rankings

- **Ofsted (Leadership and Management):** Good — Nov 2014
- **Ofsted (Overall Effectiveness):** Good — Nov 2014

## Recent parent reviews

- **1/5** — OFSTED: OFSTED finally agreed with parents and students about this school. House prices are dropping as result of poor leadership. If the head has any sense of responsibility, they should resign. They've lost the parents and kids. *(Dec 2025)*
- **1/5** — Bad behaviour, kids skive and vape all day, toilets smashed.: This school is terrible. Kids skive lessons all day and hide in the toilets vaping, the teachers tell them to go to lesson but they ignore them and SLT don't care. Behaviour is bad. The same people shout out every lessons, throw things, swear at the teacher. The teacher asks them to leave the room and they refuse and start arguing with the teacher. When the teacher calls for help from SLT, no one ever comes. Toilet doors are smashed off the hinges, sinks pulled off the wall, hand dryers smashed … *(Oct 2025)*
- **1/5** — This is a terrible school to go to: I am a student at this school in year 7 and this in my words is a piece of crap today alone there were 3 fights at lunch and tons of people vaping and at one of the fights today someone had there neck split open and it was bleeding he had to go hospital because of that and the teachers are horrible and I don’t feel safe at this school and if you are a kid that has needs you get no support it is a horrible place to be and if I ever get to leave this place I will do and parents DONT AND I MEAN DON… *(Jun 2025)*
- **2/5** — Horrible Place: I was sometimes harassed by peers in lesson, commenting about what they’d do to my body/say sexually implied messages about me and also my mum which is horrific and the teachers would often hear it and do nothing. One teacher who left shortly before the 2024 six week breakup just gave them a slap on the wrist and never did anything, I cried for some time because I felt so hurt and ashamed. Also, some of the teachers they were employing could barely speak english. Today, the school started a tick… *(Sep 2024)*
- **1/5** — This school needs to be shut down: The worst school by far my child got bullied and harrased at this school and the teachers do nothing about it my little girl is in a bad environment where people vape and skip when they should have there head down and focuse 0/10 she hade to move schools *(May 2024)*
- **1/5** — Changes needed: sir harrys was a good school for years, when my youngest was there. every school has problems but teachers and students were happy. sadly, the schools lost the plot since new head took over, behaviour is awful, vaping and bullying out of control, the school isnt safe, and many teachers quiting. every parent and student I talk to are all concerned with the state at sir harrys. i dont recommend this school right now. *(Jun 2023)*
- **1/5** — Shockingly awful: Exams were interrupted by misbehaviour and no extra consideration, this was not communicated to parents. I had to learn about this from my daughter in tears. No consequences either. SLT have yet to return many queries, something is not right. *(May 2023)*
- **1/5** — Not safe: This school needs improvement. The school cares about uniforms more than bullying and safety. My children’s lessons disrupted every day. Many students wonder the corridors, mess about whilst SLT do nothing and don’t listen to parents. Utter shambles. OFSTED needs to do something. *(May 2023)*
- **1/5** — Horrible school: Very bad behaviour, my child doesn’t feel safe and cannot concentrate in lessons because of disruptions, bullying not dealt with, complaints ignored, bullies defy SLT openly, hide between lessons and vape. Don’t send your child here. *(Mar 2023)*
- **1/5** — awful: absolutely horrific school, they offer no support to young people with additional need or mental illness they just expect them to suck it up and deal with it. they have a bad bullying issue which 9/10 times nothing gets dealt with my daughter was dealing with the death of her mother and all they were concerned about was her attendance. do not send your children here ! *(Oct 2022)*

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