UK Schools
Budmouth Academy Weymouth
Budmouth Academy Weymouth is a mixed secondary academy in Weymouth, Dorset Council, teaching 1,466 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted rated it Requires improvement at its last graded inspection in March 2024. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 42 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 3 September 2025 to 24 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Budmouth Academy Weymouth.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Budmouth Academy Weymouth.
- 1 Inset Day
- 2 Inset Day
- 3–30 Autumn Term (Start and End)
- 1–24 Autumn Term (Start and End)
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term
- 3–30 Autumn Term (Second Half)
- 1–19 Autumn Term (Second Half)
- 5 Inset Day
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 25 Bank Holiday - Christmas Day
- 26 Bank Holiday - Boxing Day
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 1 Bank Holiday - New Year’s Day
- 5–31 Spring Term (Start and End)
- 1–13 Spring Term (Start and End)
- 16–20 Spring Half Term
- 23–28 Spring Term (Second Half)
- 1–27 Spring Term (Second Half)
- 30–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–10 Easter Holiday
- 6 Bank Holiday - Good Friday
- 9 Bank Holiday - Easter Monday
- 13–30 Summer Term (Start and End)
- 1–22 Summer Term (Start and End)
- 4 Bank Holiday - Early May Bank Holiday
- 25–29 Summer Half Term
- 25 Bank Holiday - Spring Bank Holiday
- 1–30 Summer Term (Second Half)
- 1–24 Summer Term (Second Half)
- 17 Transition Day (Y7 and Y12 only)
- 27–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 31 Bank Holiday - Summer Bank Holiday
- 1 Summer Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Inset Day Sep 1, 2025 Inset Day
- Inset Day Sep 2, 2025 Inset Day
- Autumn Term (Start and End) Sep 3, 2025 - Oct 24, 2025 Term
- Autumn Half Term Oct 27, 2025 - Oct 31, 2025 Holiday
- Autumn Term (Second Half) Nov 3, 2025 - Dec 19, 2025 Term
- Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term (Start and End) Jan 5, 2026 - Feb 13, 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Feb 16, 2026 - Feb 20, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term (Second Half) Feb 23, 2026 - Mar 27, 2026 Term
- Easter Holiday Mar 30, 2026 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term (Start and End) Apr 13, 2026 - May 22, 2026 Term
- Summer Half Term May 25, 2026 - May 29, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term (Second Half) Jun 1, 2026 - Jul 24, 2026 Term
- Summer Holiday Jul 27, 2026 - Sep 1, 2026 Holiday
- Inset Day Dec 5, 2025 Inset Day
- Bank Holiday - New Year’s Day Jan 1, 2026 Holiday
- Bank Holiday - Good Friday Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
- Bank Holiday - Easter Monday Apr 9, 2026 Holiday
- Bank Holiday - Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Bank Holiday - Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Bank Holiday - Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- Bank Holiday - Christmas Day Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
- Bank Holiday - Boxing Day Dec 26, 2025 Holiday
- Transition Day (Y7 and Y12 only) Jul 17, 2026 Event
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Budmouth Academy Weymouth with Dorset Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 42 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
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16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 26.13 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
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Attendance 24.5% 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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What students do after 16 to 18 study 77% In education, apprenticeship or work
Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.
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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 Budmouth Academy Weymouth. 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 Budmouth Academy Weymouth 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.