St Bede's Inter-Church School is a mixed secondary academy in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire County Council, teaching 943 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its last graded inspection in June 2024. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 61.6 (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 St Bede's Inter-Church School.

Latest inspection
Outstanding Overall effectiveness
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour & attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership & managementOutstanding
S5 Inspection · Inspected 4 Jun 2024 · Published 1 Jul 2024
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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 St Bede's Inter-Church School.

St Bede's Inter-Church School term dates calendar 2025–2026
Official term-dates calendar · 2025–2026 · source

Interactive Calendar

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 Teacher Training Day
  • 2 Teacher Training Day
  • 3 Autumn Term Opens (Y7 and Y11 students only)
  • 4 Autumn Term Opens (All students return)
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
  • 16 Teacher Training Day
  • 24 Last Day of Term
  • 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 Autumn Term (Advent) Begins
  • 28 Teacher Training Day
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
  • 19 Autumn Term Closes
  • 22–31 Christmas Holiday
  • 25 Christmas Day (Bank Holiday)
  • 26 Boxing Day (Bank 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 (Bank Holiday)
  • 5 Spring Term Opens
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
  • 13 Last Day of Term
  • 16–20 Spring Half Term
  • 23 Spring Term (Lent) Resumes
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
  • 27 Spring Term Closes
  • 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 (Bank Holiday)
  • 6 Easter Monday (Bank Holiday)
  • 13 Summer Term Opens
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
  • 4 Early May Bank Holiday
  • 4 Early May Bank Holiday
  • 22 Last Day of Term
  • 25–29 Summer Half Term
  • 25 Spring Bank Holiday
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 Summer Term (Trinity) Resumes
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
  • 17 Summer Term Closes
  • 20 Teacher Training Day
  • 21–31 Summer Holiday
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
  • 1–31 Summer Holiday
  • 31 Summer Bank Holiday

Key dates (2025–2026)

  • Teacher Training Day Sep 1, 2025 Inset Day
  • Teacher Training Day Sep 2, 2025 Inset Day
  • Autumn Term Opens (Y7 and Y11 students only) Sep 3, 2025 Term
  • Autumn Term Opens (All students return) Sep 4, 2025 Term
  • Teacher Training Day Oct 16, 2025 Inset Day
  • Last Day of Term Oct 24, 2025 Term
  • Autumn Half Term Oct 27-31, 2025 Holiday
  • Autumn Term (Advent) Begins Nov 3, 2025 Term
  • Teacher Training Day Nov 28, 2025 Inset Day
  • Autumn Term Closes Dec 19, 2025 Term
  • Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Term Opens Jan 5, 2026 Term
  • Last Day of Term Feb 13, 2026 Term
  • Spring Half Term Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Term (Lent) Resumes Feb 23, 2026 Term
  • Spring Term Closes Mar 27, 2026 Term
  • Easter Holiday Mar 30 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Term Opens Apr 13, 2026 Term
  • Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
  • Last Day of Term May 22, 2026 Term
  • Summer Half Term May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Term (Trinity) Resumes Jun 1, 2026 Term
  • Summer Term Closes Jul 17, 2026 Term
  • Teacher Training Day Jul 20, 2026 Inset Day
  • Summer Holiday Jul 21 - Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
  • New Year's Day (Bank Holiday) Jan 1, 2026 Holiday
  • Good Friday (Bank Holiday) Apr 3, 2026 Holiday
  • Easter Monday (Bank Holiday) Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
  • Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
  • Christmas Day (Bank Holiday) Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
  • Boxing Day (Bank Holiday) Dec 26, 2025 Holiday

Exam results & performance

DfE performance tables Official results, 2024–2025 GOV.UK ↗
61.6 Attainment 8 England 46.1 Top 6%
73.9% Grade 5+ English & maths England 45.4% Top 7%
11.6% Persistent absence England 17.8% Top 39%

The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare St Bede's Inter-Church School with Cambridgeshire County Council and England.

Key stage 4 (GCSE) 61.6 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 61.6
Cambridgeshire County Council 48.1 England 46.1 +15.5 vs England
Grade 5+ in English & maths · A strong pass 73.9%
Cambridgeshire County Council 49.6% England 45.4% +28.5 vs England
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils 41.4
Cambridgeshire County Council 32.5 England 34.9 +6.5 vs England
Disadvantage gap · Attainment 8 points; smaller is better 24.5
Cambridgeshire County Council 20.3 England 15.5 +9 vs England
Disadvantaged pupils in the year group · Context for the scores above 17.8%
Cambridgeshire County Council 23.6% England 28.2%
Pupils in the year group · Small cohorts swing wildly 180
Attendance 11.6% 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 11.6%
Cambridgeshire County Council 16% England 17.8% -6.2 vs England
Overall absence · Lower is better 6.8%
Cambridgeshire County Council 6.6% England 6.8% in line with England
What pupils do after GCSEs 97% 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 97%
Cambridgeshire County Council 93% England 92% +5 vs England
Same, for disadvantaged pupils 96%
Cambridgeshire County Council 84% England 83% +13 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 St Bede's Inter-Church School. 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 St Bede's Inter-Church School 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.