UK Schools
The Elizabethan Academy
The Elizabethan Academy is a mixed secondary academy in Retford, Nottinghamshire County Council, teaching 1,230 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in February 2024. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 41.1 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 2 September 2025 to 25 June 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for The Elizabethan 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 The Elizabethan Academy.
- 1 Inset Day
- 2–30 Autumn Term
- 1–17 Autumn Term
- 17 Inset Day
- 20–24 Autumn Half Term Holiday
- 3–30 Autumn Term (2nd Half)
- 1–19 Autumn Term (2nd Half)
- 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)
- 5–31 Spring Term
- 1–13 Spring Term
- 16–20 Spring Half Term Holiday
- 23–28 Spring Term (2nd Half)
- 1–27 Spring Term (2nd Half)
- 30–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–10 Easter Holiday
- 3 Good Friday (Public Holiday)
- 6 Easter Monday (Public Holiday)
- 13–30 Summer Term
- 1–22 Summer Term
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 25–29 Summer Half Term Holiday
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 1–25 Summer Term (2nd Half)
- 26 Inset Day
- 24–27 Disaggregated Days
- 28–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Inset Day Sep 1, 2025 Inset Day
- Autumn Term Sep 2, 2025 - Oct 17, 2025 Term
- Inset Day Oct 17, 2025 Inset Day
- Autumn Half Term Holiday Oct 20, 2025 - Oct 24, 2025 Holiday
- Autumn Term (2nd Half) Nov 3, 2025 - Dec 19, 2025 Term
- Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term Jan 5, 2026 - Feb 13, 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Holiday Feb 16, 2026 - Feb 20, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term (2nd Half) Feb 23, 2026 - Mar 27, 2026 Term
- Easter Holiday Mar 30, 2026 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term Apr 13, 2026 - May 22, 2026 Term
- Summer Half Term Holiday May 25, 2026 - May 29, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term (2nd Half) Jun 1, 2026 - Jun 25, 2026 Term
- Inset Day Jun 26, 2026 Inset Day
- Disaggregated Days Jul 24, 2026 - Jul 27, 2026 Event
- Summer Holiday Jul 28, 2026 - Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- 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 May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank 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 The Elizabethan Academy with Nottinghamshire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 41.1 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Nottinghamshire County Council England
16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 27.39 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
This school Nottinghamshire County Council England
Attendance 26.1% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Nottinghamshire County Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 93% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school Nottinghamshire County Council England
What students do after 16 to 18 study 84% In education, apprenticeship or work
Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.
This school Nottinghamshire County 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 The Elizabethan 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 The Elizabethan 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.