A school in Whittlesey, near Peterborough , has been criticised by Ofsted in a report that rated every category as 'requires improvement'. This represents a drop in standards at Sir Harry Smith Community College on Eastrea Road, a secondary school and sixth form college that was previously handed an overall rating of 'good'.

The report was published on Tuesday (November 18), after an inspection on September 30. It said: "The school provides pupils with a broad and often ambitious curriculum.

"However, important knowledge, including in some topics relating to pupils’ personal development, is not always taught well enough. Pupils do not always learn the important knowledge that they need. Consequently, they do not achieve as well as they should."

It continues to explain that most pupi

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