Ernulf Academy is a mixed secondary academy in St. Neots, Cambridgeshire County Council, teaching 720 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted graded quality of education as Good at its most recent inspection in January 2025. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 40.3 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 3 September 2025 to 17 July 2026.

Ofsted inspection

The latest published Ofsted judgement for Ernulf Academy.

Latest inspection
Graded inspection No single overall grade (Sept 2024+)

From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. These are the graded judgement areas from the latest inspection.

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour & attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership & managementGood
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1 · Inspected 21 Jan 2025 · Published 4 Mar 2025
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Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate

Term dates & holidays 2025–2026

Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Ernulf Academy.

Ernulf Academy term dates calendar 2025–2026
Official term-dates calendar · 2025–2026 · source

Interactive Calendar

July 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
  • 3 Inset Day – no students in school
August 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
September 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
  • 1–2 Inset Days – no students in school
  • 3 Year 7 in only
  • 3–30 Autumn Term (Start and End)
  • 4 Year 7 in only
  • 5 All year groups in
October 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
  • 1–24 Autumn Term (Start and End)
  • 24 Inset Day – no students in school
  • 27–31 Autumn Half Term
November 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
  • 3 Inset Day – no students in school
  • 4–30 Autumn Term continues
December 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
  • 1–19 Autumn Term continues
  • 8 Inset Day – no students in school
  • 22–31 Christmas Holiday
  • 25 Christmas Day (Public Holiday)
  • 26 Boxing Day (Public Holiday)
January 2026
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
  • 1–2 Christmas Holiday
  • 1 New Year's Day (Public Holiday)
  • 5 Inset Day – no students in school
  • 6–31 Spring Term (Part 1)
February 2026
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
  • 1–13 Spring Term (Part 1)
  • 16–20 Spring Half Term
  • 23–28 Spring Term (Part 2)
March 2026
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
  • 1–27 Spring Term (Part 2)
  • 20 Inset Day – no students in school
  • 30–31 Easter Holiday
April 2026
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
  • 1–10 Easter Holiday
  • 3 Good Friday (Public Holiday)
  • 6 Easter Monday (Public Holiday)
  • 13–30 Summer Term (Part 1)
May 2026
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
  • 1–22 Summer Term (Part 1)
  • 4 Early May Bank Holiday
  • 25 Spring Bank Holiday
  • 26–29 Summer Half Term
June 2026
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
  • 1–30 Summer Term (Part 2)
July 2026
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
  • 1–17 Summer Term (Part 2)
August 2026
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
  • 31 Summer Bank Holiday

Key dates (2025–2026)

  • Inset Day – no students in school Jul 3, 2025 Inset Day
  • Inset Days – no students in school Sep 1-2, 2025 Inset Day
  • Year 7 in only Sep 3, 2025 Event
  • Year 7 in only Sep 4, 2025 Event
  • All year groups in Sep 5, 2025 Event
  • Autumn Term (Start and End) Sep 3 - Oct 24, 2025 Term
  • Inset Day – no students in school Oct 24, 2025 Inset Day
  • Autumn Half Term Oct 27-31, 2025 Holiday
  • Inset Day – no students in school Nov 3, 2025 Inset Day
  • Autumn Term continues Nov 4 - Dec 19, 2025 Term
  • Inset Day – no students in school Dec 8, 2025 Inset Day
  • Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
  • Inset Day – no students in school Jan 5, 2026 Inset Day
  • Spring Term (Part 1) Jan 6 - Feb 13, 2026 Term
  • Spring Half Term Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Term (Part 2) Feb 23 - Mar 27, 2026 Term
  • Inset Day – no students in school Mar 20, 2026 Inset Day
  • Easter Holiday Mar 30 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Term (Part 1) Apr 13 - May 22, 2026 Term
  • Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Half Term May 26-29, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Term (Part 2) Jun 1 - Jul 17, 2026 Term
  • Summer Holiday Late Jul - Early Sep 2026 Holiday
  • New Year's Day (Public Holiday) Jan 1, 2026 Holiday
  • Good Friday (Public Holiday) Apr 3, 2026 Holiday
  • Easter Monday (Public Holiday) Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
  • Christmas Day (Public Holiday) Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
  • Boxing Day (Public Holiday) Dec 26, 2025 Holiday

Exam results & performance

DfE performance tables Official results, 2024–2025 GOV.UK ↗
40.3 Attainment 8 England 46.1
38.8% Grade 5+ English & maths England 45.4%
25% Persistent absence England 17.8%

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

Key stage 4 (GCSE) 40.3 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 40.3
Cambridgeshire County Council 48.1 England 46.1 -5.8 vs England
Grade 5+ in English & maths · A strong pass 38.8%
Cambridgeshire County Council 49.6% England 45.4% -6.6 vs England
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils 28
Cambridgeshire County Council 32.5 England 34.9 -6.9 vs England
Disadvantage gap · Attainment 8 points; smaller is better 18.1
Cambridgeshire County Council 20.3 England 15.5 +2.6 vs England
Disadvantaged pupils in the year group · Context for the scores above 32.1%
Cambridgeshire County Council 23.6% England 28.2%
Pupils in the year group · Small cohorts swing wildly 134
Attendance 25% 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 25%
Cambridgeshire County Council 16% England 17.8% +7.2 vs England
Overall absence · Lower is better 10.3%
Cambridgeshire County Council 6.6% England 6.8% +3.6 vs England
What pupils do after GCSEs 91% 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 91%
Cambridgeshire County Council 93% England 92% -1 vs England
Same, for disadvantaged pupils 82%
Cambridgeshire County Council 84% England 83% -1 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 Ernulf Academy. 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 Ernulf Academy 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.