UK Schools
Lady Lumley's Academy
Lady Lumley's Academy is a mixed secondary academy in Pickering, North Yorkshire Council, teaching 676 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in April 2024. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 52.7 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 2 September 2025 to 17 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Lady Lumley's 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 Lady Lumley's Academy.
- 1 Staff Training Day (School closed to students)
- 2 Autumn Term starts (Y7, Y11, Y12 only)
- 3 Autumn Term starts (All students)
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term
- 3 Students return after Half Term
- 1 Staff Training Day (School closed to students)
- 19 Autumn Term ends (12:30pm)
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 25 Christmas Day (Public Holiday)
- 26 Boxing Day (Public Holiday)
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 1 New Year's Day (Public Holiday)
- 5 Spring Term starts (Students return)
- 30 Staff Training Day (School closed to students)
- 16–20 Spring Half Term
- 23 Students return after Half Term
- 27 Spring Term ends (3:00pm)
- 30–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–10 Easter Holiday
- 3 Good Friday (Public Holiday)
- 6 Easter Monday (Public Holiday)
- 13 Summer Term starts
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday (School closed)
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday (Public Holiday)
- 25–29 Summer Half Term
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday (Public Holiday)
- 1 Students return after Half Term
- 26 Staff Training Day (School closed to students)
- 17 Summer Term ends (12:30pm)
- 20 Staff Training Day (School closed to students)
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday (Public Holiday)
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Staff Training Day (School closed to students) Sep 1, 2025 Inset Day
- Autumn Term starts (Y7, Y11, Y12 only) Sep 2, 2025 Term
- Autumn Term starts (All students) Sep 3, 2025 Term
- Autumn Half Term Oct 27-31, 2025 Holiday
- Students return after Half Term Nov 3, 2025 Holiday
- Staff Training Day (School closed to students) Dec 1, 2025 Inset Day
- Autumn Term ends (12:30pm) Dec 19, 2025 Term
- Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term starts (Students return) Jan 5, 2026 Term
- Staff Training Day (School closed to students) Jan 30, 2026 Inset Day
- Spring Half Term Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- Students return after Half Term Feb 23, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term ends (3:00pm) Mar 27, 2026 Term
- Easter Holiday Mar 30 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term starts Apr 13, 2026 Term
- Early May Bank Holiday (School closed) May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- Students return after Half Term Jun 1, 2026 Holiday
- Staff Training Day (School closed to students) Jun 26, 2026 Inset Day
- Summer Term ends (12:30pm) Jul 17, 2026 Term
- Staff Training Day (School closed to students) Jul 20, 2026 Inset Day
- New Year's Day (Public Holiday) Jan 1, 2026 Holiday
- Good Friday (Public Holiday) Apr 3, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Monday (Public Holiday) Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
- Early May Bank Holiday (Public Holiday) May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday (Public Holiday) May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday (Public Holiday) Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day (Public Holiday) Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day (Public Holiday) Dec 26, 2025 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Lady Lumley's Academy with North Yorkshire Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 52.7 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school North Yorkshire Council England
16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 31.88 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
This school North Yorkshire Council England
Attendance 27.1% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school North Yorkshire Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 92% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school North Yorkshire Council England
What students do after 16 to 18 study 87% In education, apprenticeship or work
Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.
This school North Yorkshire Council 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 Lady Lumley's 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 Lady Lumley's 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.