Katharine Lady Berkeley's School

Secondary Academy Wotton-under-Edge 📅 Term dates 2025–2026 🏅 Ofsted: Good 📊 Attainment 8: 53.1

Katharine Lady Berkeley's School is a mixed secondary academy in Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire County Council, teaching 1,549 pupils aged 11 to 18. Its last Ofsted inspection in May 2023 found the school remains Good. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 53.1 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 1 September 2025 to 27 March 2026.

Ofsted inspection

The latest published Ofsted judgement for Katharine Lady Berkeley's School.

Latest inspection
Good Ungraded inspection
Outcome: School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next. Ungraded (short) inspections confirm whether standards are maintained since the last full graded inspection — they don’t assign new category grades.
Ungraded inspection · Inspected 17 May 2023 · Published 6 Jul 2023
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Term dates & holidays 2025–2026

Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Katharine Lady Berkeley's School.

Katharine Lady Berkeley's School original calendar 2025–2026
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Katharine Lady Berkeley's School interactive calendar 2025–2026
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Interactive Calendar

September 2025
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  • 1 Autumn Term Starts
October 2025
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  • 24 Autumn Term Ends
  • 27–31 Autumn Half Term
November 2025
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  • 3 Spring Term Starts
December 2025
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  • 22–31 Christmas Holiday
  • 25 Christmas Day (Bank Holiday)
  • 26 Boxing Day (Bank Holiday)
January 2026
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  • 1–2 Christmas Holiday
  • 1 New Year's Day (Bank Holiday)
February 2026
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  • 13 Spring Term Ends
  • 16–20 Spring Half Term
  • 23 Summer Term Starts
March 2026
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  • 27 Summer Term Ends
  • 30–31 Easter Holiday
April 2026
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  • 1–10 Easter Holiday
  • 3 Good Friday (Bank Holiday)
  • 6 Easter Monday (Bank Holiday)
May 2026
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  • 4 Early May Bank Holiday
  • 25–29 Summer Half Term
  • 25 Spring Bank Holiday
June 2026
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July 2026
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August 2026
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  • 31 Summer Bank Holiday

Key dates (2025–2026)

  • Autumn Term Starts 1 September 2025 Term
  • Autumn Term Ends 24 October 2025 Term
  • Autumn Half Term 27 October 2025 - 31 October 2025 Holiday
  • Spring Term Starts 3 November 2025 Term
  • Christmas Holiday 22 December 2025 - 2 January 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Term Ends 13 February 2026 Term
  • Spring Half Term 16 February 2026 - 20 February 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Term Starts 23 February 2026 Term
  • Summer Term Ends 27 March 2026 Term
  • Easter Holiday 30 March 2026 - 10 April 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Half Term 25 May 2026 - 29 May 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Holiday 21 July 2026 - 31 August 2026 Holiday
  • Christmas Day (Bank Holiday) 25 December 2025 Holiday
  • Boxing Day (Bank Holiday) 26 December 2025 Holiday
  • New Year's Day (Bank Holiday) 1 January 2026 Holiday
  • Good Friday (Bank Holiday) 3 April 2026 Holiday
  • Easter Monday (Bank Holiday) 6 April 2026 Holiday
  • Early May Bank Holiday 4 May 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Bank Holiday 25 May 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Bank Holiday 31 August 2026 Holiday

Exam results & performance

DfE performance tables Official results, 2024–2025 GOV.UK ↗
53.1 Attainment 8 England 46.1 Top 17%
59.9% Grade 5+ English & maths England 45.4% Top 16%
37.52 A level average score England 35 Top 27%
18.3% Persistent absence England 17.8%

The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Katharine Lady Berkeley's School with Gloucestershire County Council and England.

Key stage 4 (GCSE) 53.1 Attainment 8 score

Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.

This school Gloucestershire County Council England

Attainment 8 score · Average across 8 GCSEs, out of 90 53.1
Gloucestershire County Council 50.3 England 46.1 +7 vs England
Grade 5+ in English & maths · A strong pass 59.9%
Gloucestershire County Council 53.1% England 45.4% +14.5 vs England
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils 34.8
Gloucestershire County Council 34.6 England 34.9 in line with England
Disadvantage gap · Attainment 8 points; smaller is better 20.7
Gloucestershire County Council 19.4 England 15.5 +5.2 vs England
Disadvantaged pupils in the year group · Context for the scores above 11.6%
Gloucestershire County Council 19% England 28.2%
Pupils in the year group · Small cohorts swing wildly 242
16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 37.52 A level average point score

Results for students finishing post-16 study.

This school Gloucestershire County Council England

A level average point score · Per entry, 50 = A* 37.52
Gloucestershire County Council 36.28 England 35 +2.5 vs England
A level students · Small cohorts swing wildly 121
Attendance 18.3% Persistently absent pupils

Absence across the whole school year.

This school Gloucestershire County Council England

Persistently absent pupils · Missed 10%+ of sessions; lower is better 18.3%
Gloucestershire County Council 16.8% England 17.8% +0.5 vs England
Overall absence · Lower is better 7.4%
Gloucestershire County Council 6.7% England 6.8% +0.7 vs England
What pupils do after GCSEs 95% In education, apprenticeship or work

Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.

This school Gloucestershire County Council England

In education, apprenticeship or work 95%
Gloucestershire County Council 93% England 92% +3 vs England
Same, for disadvantaged pupils 96%
Gloucestershire County Council 82% England 83% +13 vs England
What students do after 16 to 18 study 91% In education, apprenticeship or work

Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.

This school Gloucestershire County Council England

In education, apprenticeship or work 91%
Gloucestershire County Council 84% England 79% +12 vs England
Went to higher education 50%
Gloucestershire County Council 36% England 37% +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 Katharine Lady Berkeley's 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 Katharine Lady Berkeley's 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.