UK Schools
Looe Community Academy
Looe Community Academy is a mixed secondary academy in Looe, Cornwall Council, teaching 513 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted graded achievement as Needs attention at its most recent inspection in February 2026. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 39 (England 46.1). Term dates and holidays for 2025–2026 are listed below.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Looe Community Academy.
Scale: Exceptional Strong standard Expected standard Needs attention Urgent improvement
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Looe Community Academy.
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Autumn Term Starts Monday 1 September 2025 Term
- Autumn Half Term Monday 20 October 2025 - Friday 31 October 2025 Holiday
- Autumn Term Ends Friday 19 December 2025 Term
- Spring Term Starts Monday 5 January 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Monday 16 February 2026 - Friday 20 February 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term Ends Thursday 2 April 2026 Term
- Summer Term Starts Monday 20 April 2026 Term
- Summer Half Term Monday 25 May 2026 - Friday 29 May 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term Ends Friday 24 July 2026 Term
- New Year's Day (Bank Holiday) Thursday 1 January 2026 Holiday
- Good Friday (Bank Holiday) Friday 3 April 2026 Holiday
- Easter Monday (Bank Holiday) Monday 6 April 2026 Holiday
- Early May Bank Holiday Monday 4 May 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday Monday 25 May 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday Monday 31 August 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day (Bank Holiday) Thursday 25 December 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day (Bank Holiday) Friday 26 December 2025 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Looe Community Academy with Cornwall Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 39 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
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Attendance 44.2% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
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What pupils do after GCSEs 94% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
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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 Looe Community 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 only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Looe Community 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.