Edwinstree Church of England Middle School

Middle (secondary) Maintained Buntingford 📅 Term dates 2025–2026 🏅 Ofsted: Good 📊 KS2 expected standard: 43%

Edwinstree Church of England Middle School is a mixed local-authority maintained middle school in Buntingford, Hertfordshire County Council, teaching 486 pupils aged 9 to 13. Its last Ofsted inspection in April 2024 found the school remains Good. In 2024–2025, 43% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 3 September 2025 to 17 July 2026.

Ofsted inspection

The latest published Ofsted judgement for Edwinstree Church of England Middle School.

Latest inspection
Good Ungraded inspection
Outcome: School remains Good. Ungraded (short) inspections confirm whether standards are maintained since the last full graded inspection — they don’t assign new category grades.
Ungraded inspection · Inspected 18 Apr 2024 · Published 9 Jun 2024
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Term dates & holidays 2025–2026

Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Edwinstree Church of England Middle School.

Edwinstree Church of England Middle School term dates calendar 2025–2026
Official term-dates calendar · 2025–2026 · source

Interactive Calendar

September 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1 Inset Day
  • 2 Year 5 Induction Day
  • 3 Term Begins (Years 6-8)
October 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 27–31 Autumn Half Term
November 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
December 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 5 Occasional Day
  • 19 Autumn Term Ends
  • 22–31 Christmas Holiday
  • 25 Christmas Day
  • 26 Boxing Day
January 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–2 Christmas Holiday
  • 1 New Year's Day
  • 5 Inset Day
  • 6 Spring Term Begins
February 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
  • 16–20 Spring Half Term
March 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 27 Spring Term Ends
  • 30–31 Easter Holiday
April 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1–10 Easter Holiday
  • 3 Good Friday
  • 6 Easter Monday
  • 13 Summer Term Begins
May 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 4 Early May Bank Holiday
  • 25–29 Summer Half Term
  • 25 Spring Bank Holiday
June 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 26 Inset Day
July 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 9 County Transition Day
  • 17 Summer Term Ends
  • 20 Inset Day
  • 21 Inset Day
  • 22–31 Summer Holiday
August 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–31 Summer Holiday
  • 31 Summer Bank Holiday
September 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1 Summer Holiday

Key dates (2025–2026)

  • Inset Day Sep 1, 2025 Inset Day
  • Year 5 Induction Day Sep 2, 2025 Event
  • Term Begins (Years 6-8) Sep 3, 2025 Term
  • Autumn Half Term Oct 27-31, 2025 Holiday
  • Occasional Day Dec 5, 2025 Event
  • Autumn Term Ends Dec 19, 2025 1:20pm Term
  • Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
  • Inset Day Jan 5, 2026 Inset Day
  • Spring Term Begins Jan 6, 2026 Term
  • Spring Half Term Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Term Ends Mar 27, 2026 1:20pm Term
  • Easter Holiday Mar 30 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Term Begins Apr 13, 2026 Term
  • Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Half Term May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
  • Inset Day Jun 26, 2026 Inset Day
  • County Transition Day Jul 9, 2026 Event
  • Summer Term Ends Jul 17, 2026 1:20pm Term
  • Inset Day Jul 20, 2026 Inset Day
  • Inset Day Jul 21, 2026 Inset Day
  • Summer Holiday Jul 22 - Sep 1, 2026 Holiday
  • New Year's Day Jan 1, 2026 Event
  • Good Friday Apr 3, 2026 Event
  • Easter Monday Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
  • Christmas Day Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
  • Boxing Day Dec 26, 2025 Event

Exam results & performance

DfE performance tables Official results, 2024–2025 GOV.UK ↗
43% Expected standard at KS2 England 62%
15.6% Persistent absence England 17.8%

The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Edwinstree Church of England Middle School with Hertfordshire County Council and England.

Key stage 2 (end of primary) 43% Expected standard in reading, writing & maths

How Year 6 pupils did in the national tests.

This school Hertfordshire County Council England

Expected standard in reading, writing & maths · The headline primary measure 43%
Hertfordshire County Council 64% England 62% -19 vs England
Average reading scaled score · 100 = expected standard 102
Hertfordshire County Council 107 England 106 -4 vs England
Average maths scaled score · 100 = expected standard 102
Hertfordshire County Council 105 England 105 -3 vs England
Pupils in the year group · Small cohorts swing wildly 120
Attendance 15.6% Persistently absent pupils

Absence across the whole school year.

This school Hertfordshire County Council England

Persistently absent pupils · Missed 10%+ of sessions; lower is better 15.6%
Hertfordshire County Council 16.5% England 17.8% -2.2 vs England
Overall absence · Lower is better 6.8%
Hertfordshire County Council 6.5% England 6.8% in line with 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 Edwinstree Church of England Middle 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 Edwinstree Church of England Middle 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.