UK Schools
Barclay Academy
Barclay Academy is a mixed secondary academy in Stevenage, Hertfordshire County Council, teaching 1,044 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in April 2023. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 49.5 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 3 September 2025 to 21 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Barclay Academy.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Barclay Academy.
- 2 Staff INSET
- 3 Term starts (Year 7 & Year 12 only)
- 4 Term starts (whole school return)
- 17 Staff INSET
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 5 Staff INSET
- 6 Term starts
- 13 Term finishes
- 25–29 Summer half-term
- 1 Term starts
- 21 Term finishes
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Staff INSET Sep 2, 2025 Inset Day
- Term starts (Year 7 & Year 12 only) Sep 3, 2025 Term
- Term starts (whole school return) Sep 4, 2025 Term
- Staff INSET Oct 17, 2025 Inset Day
- Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
- Staff INSET Jan 5, 2026 Inset Day
- Term starts Jan 6, 2026 Term
- Term finishes Feb 13, 2026 Term
- Summer half-term May 25-29, 2026 Term
- Term starts Jun 1, 2026 Term
- Term finishes Jul 21, 2026 Term
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Barclay Academy with Hertfordshire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 49.5 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
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16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 34.3 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
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Attendance 23.1% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
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What pupils do after GCSEs 92% 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 83% 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 Barclay 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 Barclay 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.