SCHOOL PROFILE

Sir John Hunt Community Sports College: data, trends and context

Sir John Hunt Community Sports College is a secondary school in Plymouth. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
113533
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Foundation school
Status
Open
Local authority
Plymouth
Region
South West
Postcode
PL5 4AA
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
760
FSM eligible
42.8%
EAL / First language other than English
3.9%
SEND (total)
20.7%
SEN Support
16.7%
EHCP
3.9%
White British
90.4%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
87.5%
Overall absence
12.5%
Persistent absence
42.2%
Severe absence
8.8%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
PlymouthLocal authority90.1%9.9%3.7%
South WestRegion90.7%9.3%3.1%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 24 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
68.7%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
16.0%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.39%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
39.8
English & maths grade 5+
29.3%
English & maths grade 4+
44.0%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

See Sir John Hunt Community Sports College against 25 similar schools

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Sir John Hunt Community Sports College is a secondary school in Plymouth. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.