Robert Smyth Academy

The Robert Smyth Academy is a secondary school in Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England, for 11- to 18-year-olds.

It is situated in the north of the town, on Burnmill Road, close to St Luke's Hospital.

In 2006 a successful application was put forward for the school to become a dual status technology/arts college.

The catchment area of the school covers Market Harborough and the surrounding villages including Kibworth, Fleckney, Great Glen, King's Norton, Foxton, the Langtons, Gumley, Laughton, Clipston and Lubenham.

Post-16, or sixth form as it is commonly known, is housed in the 'Sixth Form Centre', a separate building to the lower school, providing a cafeteria on the ground floor with seating, and a computer suite and quiet work areas on the first floor.

Two indoor sports centre halls are adjacent to the Astro pitches (in which indoor football, netball, basketball and other sports can be played) There is also a large school field, on which football and rugby are played, The library offers the usual reference facilities plus a thriving lunch time chess club.

Pupils voted for the name of the canteen, selecting 'Sixteen07' in honour of the school's founding date.