Acorn Academy
Acorn Academy is a mixed primary academy in Witham, Essex County Council, teaching 196 pupils aged 3 to 7. Ofsted graded quality of education as Good at its most recent inspection in December 2024. The 2025–2026 school year runs from 1 September 2025 to 20 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Acorn Academy.
From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. These are the graded judgement areas from the latest inspection.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Acorn Academy.
- 1–30 Autumn Term
- 1 Inset Day
- 2 Inset Day
- 1–31 Autumn Term
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term Holiday
- 31 Inset Day
- 1–30 Autumn Term
- 1–19 Autumn Term
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 25 Christmas Day Bank Holiday
- 26 Boxing Day Bank Holiday
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 1 New Year's Day Bank Holiday
- 5–31 Spring Term
- 5 Inset Day
- 1–28 Spring Term
- 16–20 Spring Half Term Holiday
- 1–27 Spring Term
- 3 Good Friday Bank Holiday
- 6 Easter Monday Bank Holiday
- 13–30 Summer Term
- 1–31 Summer Term
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 25–29 Summer Half Term Holiday
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 1–30 Summer Term
- 1–20 Summer Term
- 20 Inset Day
- 21–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Autumn Term Sep 1, 2025 - Dec 19, 2025 Term
- Autumn Half Term Holiday Oct 27, 2025 - Oct 31, 2025 Holiday
- Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term Jan 5, 2026 - Mar 27, 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Holiday Feb 16, 2026 - Feb 20, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term Apr 13, 2026 - Jul 20, 2026 Term
- Summer Half Term Holiday May 25, 2026 - May 29, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Holiday Jul 21, 2026 - Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- Inset Day Sep 1, 2025 Inset Day
- Inset Day Sep 2, 2025 Inset Day
- Inset Day Oct 31, 2025 Inset Day
- Inset Day Jan 5, 2026 Inset Day
- Inset Day Jul 20, 2026 Inset Day
- 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
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Acorn Academy with Essex County Council and England.
Attendance 16.9% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Essex County Council England
About this data source & caveats
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 Acorn 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 Acorn Academy than to any other primary 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.