Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology

Secondary Free School Cambridge 📅 Term dates 2025–2026 🏅 Ofsted: Good 📊 Attainment 8: 56.8

Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology is a mixed secondary free school in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire County Council, teaching 455 pupils aged 13 to 19. Its last Ofsted inspection in May 2023 found the school remains Good. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 56.8 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 7 January 2025 to 19 December 2025.

Ofsted inspection

The latest published Ofsted judgement for Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology.

Latest inspection
Good Ungraded inspection
Outcome: School remains Good. Ungraded (short) inspections confirm whether standards are maintained since the last full graded inspection — they don’t assign new category grades.
Ungraded inspection · Inspected 17 May 2023 · Published 26 Jun 2023
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Term dates & holidays 2025–2026

Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology.

Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology original calendar 2025–2026
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Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology interactive calendar 2025–2026
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Interactive Calendar

January 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 6 Inset Day
  • 7 Spring Term Opens
  • 31 Inset Day
February 2025
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  • 17–21 Half-Term
March 2025
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  • 12 Inset Day
April 2025
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  • 4 Spring Term Closes
  • 22 Summer Term Opens
May 2025
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  • 5 May Day
  • 26–30 Half-Term
June 2025
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  • 25 Inset Day
July 2025
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  • 23 Summer Term Closes
August 2025
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September 2025
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  • 1 Inset Day
  • 2 Inset Day
  • 3 Autumn Term Opens
October 2025
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  • 27–31 Half-Term
November 2025
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  • 26 Inset Day
December 2025
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  • 19 Autumn Term Closes
  • 22–31 Christmas Holiday
January 2026
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  • 1–2 Christmas Holiday

Key dates (2025–2026)

  • Inset Day Jan 6, 2025 Inset Day
  • Spring Term Opens Jan 7, 2025 Term
  • Inset Day Jan 31, 2025 Inset Day
  • Half-Term Feb 17-21, 2025 Term
  • Inset Day Mar 12, 2025 Inset Day
  • Spring Term Closes Apr 4, 2025 Term
  • Summer Term Opens Apr 22, 2025 Term
  • May Day May 5, 2025 Event
  • Half-Term May 26-30, 2025 Term
  • Inset Day Jun 25, 2025 Inset Day
  • Summer Term Closes Jul 23, 2025 Term
  • Inset Day Sep 1, 2025 Inset Day
  • Inset Day Sep 2, 2025 Inset Day
  • Autumn Term Opens Sep 3, 2025 Term
  • Half-Term Oct 27-31, 2025 Term
  • Inset Day Nov 26, 2025 Inset Day
  • Autumn Term Closes Dec 19, 2025 Term
  • Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday

Exam results & performance

DfE performance tables Official results, 2024–2025 GOV.UK ↗
56.8 Attainment 8 England 46.1 Top 10%
63.5% Grade 5+ English & maths England 45.4% Top 12%
32.02 A level average score England 35
19.7% Persistent absence England 17.8%

The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology with Cambridgeshire County Council and England.

Key stage 4 (GCSE) 56.8 Attainment 8 score

Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.

This school Cambridgeshire County Council England

Attainment 8 score · Average across 8 GCSEs, out of 90 56.8
Cambridgeshire County Council 48.1 England 46.1 +10.7 vs England
Grade 5+ in English & maths · A strong pass 63.5%
Cambridgeshire County Council 49.6% England 45.4% +18.1 vs England
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils 45.5
Cambridgeshire County Council 32.5 England 34.9 +10.6 vs England
Disadvantage gap · Attainment 8 points; smaller is better 14.9
Cambridgeshire County Council 20.3 England 15.5 -0.6 vs England
Disadvantaged pupils in the year group · Context for the scores above 24%
Cambridgeshire County Council 23.6% England 28.2%
Pupils in the year group · Small cohorts swing wildly 104
16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 32.02 A level average point score

Results for students finishing post-16 study.

This school Cambridgeshire County Council England

A level average point score · Per entry, 50 = A* 32.02
Cambridgeshire County Council 37.39 England 35 -3 vs England
A level students · Small cohorts swing wildly 54
Attendance 19.7% Persistently absent pupils

Absence across the whole school year.

This school Cambridgeshire County Council England

Persistently absent pupils · Missed 10%+ of sessions; lower is better 19.7%
Cambridgeshire County Council 16% England 17.8% +1.9 vs England
Overall absence · Lower is better 7.4%
Cambridgeshire County Council 6.6% England 6.8% +0.6 vs England
What pupils do after GCSEs 89% In education, apprenticeship or work

Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.

This school Cambridgeshire County Council England

In education, apprenticeship or work 89%
Cambridgeshire County Council 93% England 92% -3 vs England
Same, for disadvantaged pupils 80%
Cambridgeshire County Council 84% England 83% -3 vs England
What students do after 16 to 18 study 91% In education, apprenticeship or work

Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.

This school Cambridgeshire County Council England

In education, apprenticeship or work 91%
Cambridgeshire County Council 83% England 79% +12 vs England
Went to higher education 52%
Cambridgeshire County Council 39% England 37% +15 vs 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.

Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.

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 Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology. 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 catchment Other secondary schools

Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology than to any other secondary 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.