Abbey College Cambridge
Abbey College Cambridge is a mixed independent school in Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire County Council, teaching 337 pupils aged 12 to 21. The 2025–2026 school year runs from 3 September 2025 to 17 July 2026.
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Abbey College Cambridge.
- 1–2 INSET Day (Staff only)
- 3 School open to Years 7, 11 & 12
- 3–30 Autumn Term 1
- 4 School open to Years 7, 8, 11, 12, 13
- 5 School open to all year groups
- 1–24 Autumn Term 1
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term
- 3 INSET Day (Staff only)
- 4–30 Autumn Term 2
- 28 INSET Day (Staff only)
- 1–19 Autumn Term 2
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 25 Christmas Day
- 26 Boxing Day
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 1 New Year's Day
- 5 INSET Day (Staff only)
- 6–31 Spring Term 1
- 1–13 Spring Term 1
- 16–20 Spring Half Term
- 23–28 Spring Term 2
- 1–27 Spring Term 2
- 30–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–10 Easter Holiday
- 3 Good Friday
- 6 Easter Monday
- 13 INSET Day (Staff only)
- 14–30 Summer Term 1
- 1–22 Summer Term 1
- 4 May Bank Holiday
- 25–29 Summer Half Term
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 1–30 Summer Term 2
- 1–17 Summer Term 2
- 20 INSET Day (Staff only)
- 21–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
- 1 Summer Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- INSET Day (Staff only) Sep 1-2, 2025 Inset Day
- School open to Years 7, 11 & 12 Sep 3, 2025 Event
- Autumn Term 1 Sep 3, 2025 - Oct 24, 2025 Term
- School open to Years 7, 8, 11, 12, 13 Sep 4, 2025 Event
- School open to all year groups Sep 5, 2025 Event
- Autumn Half Term Oct 27-31, 2025 Holiday
- INSET Day (Staff only) Nov 3, 2025 Inset Day
- Autumn Term 2 Nov 4 - Dec 19, 2025 Term
- INSET Day (Staff only) Nov 28, 2025 Inset Day
- Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
- INSET Day (Staff only) Jan 5, 2026 Inset Day
- Spring Term 1 Jan 6 - Feb 13, 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term 2 Feb 23 - Mar 27, 2026 Term
- Easter Holiday Mar 30 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
- INSET Day (Staff only) Apr 13, 2026 Inset Day
- Summer Term 1 Apr 14 - May 22, 2026 Term
- May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term 2 Jun 1 - Jul 17, 2026 Term
- INSET Day (Staff only) Jul 20, 2026 Inset Day
- Summer Holiday Jul 21 - Sep 1, 2026 Holiday
- New Year's Day Jan 1, 2026 Event
- Good Friday Apr 3, 2026 Event
- Easter Monday Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day Dec 26, 2025 Event
Exam results & performance
Independent schools mostly enter international GCSEs, which the DfE does not count in Attainment 8 or the English and maths measures. The GCSE figures below will look far lower than a state school’s and are not comparable with them.
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Abbey College Cambridge with Cambridgeshire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 3.3 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Cambridgeshire County Council England
16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 44.59 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
This school Cambridgeshire County Council England
About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Abbey College Cambridge. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Abbey College Cambridge than to any other school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.