Sir John Hunt Community Sports College
Sir John Hunt Community Sports College is a converter academy in Plymouth for boys and girls aged 11 to 19.
Lancaster Gardens, Whitleigh, Plymouth, PL5 4AA01752 201020sjhcsc.co.ukMrs Julie Bevan principalAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2026: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.
Before it became this school, Sir John Hunt Community Sports College was inspected on 21 September 2022 and judged Good (report). Same building, same children, so that report is the best guide until Ofsted comes back.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
116 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England. These are the results of Sir John Hunt Community Sports College, the school this one replaced.
All GCSE measures, year by year
| Measure | 2025† | 2024† | 2023† | 2022† | 2019† | 2018† | Plymouth | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of Year 11 | 116 | 126 | 131 | 141 | 115 | 85 | – | – |
| Average GCSE scoreAttainment 8 | 39.8 | 44.5 | 39.8 | 42.7 | 33.6 | 37.5 | 47.0 | 46.8 |
| Progress from age 11Progress 8 | – | -0.10 | -0.30 | -0.26 | -0.85 | -0.59 | – | – |
| Strong pass in English and mathsGrade 5+ in English and maths | 29% | 41% | 24% | 39% | 11% | 20% | 47% | 46% |
| Standard pass in English and mathsGrade 4+ in English and maths | 44% | 65% | 47% | 66% | 28% | 42% | 68% | 66% |
| Core subjects scoreEBacc average point score | 3.28 | 3.36 | 3.04 | 3.25 | 2.59 | 3.12 | 4.04 | 4.15 |
| Taking the core subjectsEBacc entry | 2% | 3% | 7% | 3% | 20% | 31% | 28% | 41% |
| Average GCSE score: low-income pupilsAttainment 8, disadvantaged | 33.8 | 41.2 | 32.4 | 41.4 | 29.4 | 36.0 | – | – |
| Average GCSE score: other pupilsAttainment 8, non-disadvantaged | 43.0 | 46.4 | 43.8 | 44.3 | 36.9 | 41.8 | – | – |
| Average GCSE score: pupils who started behindAttainment 8, low prior attainers | – | 31.1 | 27.7 | 31.7 | 23.6 | 20.2 | – | – |
| Average GCSE score: pupils who started aheadAttainment 8, high prior attainers | – | 52.4 | 52.1 | 56.1 | 43.8 | 49.7 | – | – |
† These results are for Sir John Hunt Community Sports College, the school this one replaced in September 2026. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.
Does every child do well here?
A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. Every gap at this school is smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.
At GCSE, 2025
Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Plymouth council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 87.5% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 91.4%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25† | 2023/24† | 2022/23† | 2021/22† | 2020/21† | 2018/19† | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 12.5% | 13.7% | 16.3% | 16.5% | 7.4% | 7.1% | 8.6% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 6.8% | 7.6% | 8.3% | 10.0% | 4.3% | 4.2% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 5.7% | 6.1% | 8.0% | 6.5% | 3.2% | 2.9% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 42.2% | 44.7% | 48.1% | 57.1% | 23.4% | 22.4% | 23.9% |
† These attendance figures are for Sir John Hunt Community Sports College, the school this one replaced in September 2026. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.
Money
Money
From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other secondary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest secondary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notre Dame RC School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 764 | Report card 2026 | 10 | Compare |
| St Boniface's RC College | Academy | 1.0 miles | 389 | No overall grade 2025 | 31 | Compare |
| All Saints Church of England Academy | Academy | 1.3 miles | 668 | Good 2023 | 28 | Compare |
| Eggbuckland Community College | Academy | 1.6 miles | 1,007 | Requires improvement 2024 | 20 | Compare |
| Marine Academy Plymouth | Academy | 1.6 miles | 989 | Good 2024 | 28 | Compare |
| Devonport High School for Girls | Academy (grammar) | 1.8 miles | 971 | Good 2019 | 96 | Compare |
| Tor Bridge High | Academy | 2.0 miles | 1,121 | Good 2021 | 31 | Compare |
| Scott Medical and Healthcare College | Studio schools | 2.7 miles | 231 | Good 2020 | 45 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Sir John Hunt Community Sports College a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Sir John Hunt Community Sports College yet.
How good are Sir John Hunt Community Sports College's GCSE results?
In summer 2025, 29% of pupils got a grade 5 or better in both English and maths. Across England it was 46%. Its Attainment 8 score, which is the average grade across a pupil's best eight subjects times ten, was 39.8, against 46.8 for England. In each subject, pupils here finished a little behind children across England who started secondary school at the same level.
How many pupils does Sir John Hunt Community Sports College have?
The number of pupils is not published.
What is attendance like at Sir John Hunt Community Sports College?
Pupils were in school 87.5% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 91.4%. 42% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
Does Sir John Hunt Community Sports College have a sixth form?
Yes.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Lancaster Gardens, Whitleigh, Plymouth, PL5 4AA
- Telephone
- 01752 201020
- Website
- www.sjhcsc.co.uk
- Principal
- Mrs Julie Bevan
- Type of school
- Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
- Phase
- Secondary school, ages 11-19, with sixth form
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Greenshaw Learning Trust (39 schools)
- Local authority
- Plymouth
- Ward
- Budshead
- Constituency
- Plymouth Moor View
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 2026 (academy converter)
- URN
- 148740 · LAESTAB 8794172 · UKPRN 10089113
- Formerly
- Sir John Hunt Community Sports College
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, consistent financial reporting 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.