Haygrove School is a mixed secondary academy in Bridgwater, Somerset Council, teaching 1,051 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in April 2024. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 48.8 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 2 September 2025 to 22 July 2026.

Ofsted inspection

The latest published Ofsted judgement for Haygrove School.

Latest inspection
Good Overall effectiveness
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour & attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership & managementOutstanding
S5 Inspection · Inspected 16 Apr 2024 · Published 20 May 2024
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Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate

Term dates & holidays 2025–2026

Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Haygrove School.

Haygrove 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
  • 2 Term 1 starts
  • 2 INSET Day
  • 3 INSET Day
  • 24 INSET Day
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
  • 24 Term 1 ends
  • 25–31 Autumn Half Term Holiday (approximate range)
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
  • 1–2 Autumn Half Term Holiday (approximate range)
  • 3 Term 2 starts
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 INSET Day
  • 19 Term 2 ends
  • 20–31 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
  • 1–4 Christmas Holiday
  • 1 New Year’s Day
  • 5 Term 3 starts
  • 22 INSET Day
  • 23 INSET Day
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
  • 13 Term 3 ends
  • 14–22 Spring Half Term Holiday (approximate range)
  • 23 Term 4 starts
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
  • 16 INSET Day
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
  • 2 Term 4 ends
  • 3–19 Easter Holiday
  • 3 Good Friday
  • 6 Easter Monday
  • 20 Term 5 starts
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
  • 22 Term 5 ends
  • 23–31 Summer Half Term Holiday (approximate range)
  • 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
  • 1 Term 6 starts
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
  • 22 Term 6 ends
  • 23–31 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)

  • Term 1 starts 2 September 2025 Term
  • Term 1 ends 24 October 2025 Term
  • Term 2 starts 3 November 2025 Term
  • Term 2 ends 19 December 2025 Term
  • Term 3 starts 5 January 2026 Term
  • Term 3 ends 13 February 2026 Term
  • Term 4 starts 23 February 2026 Term
  • Term 4 ends 2 April 2026 Term
  • Term 5 starts 20 April 2026 Term
  • Term 5 ends 22 May 2026 Term
  • Term 6 starts 1 June 2026 Term
  • Term 6 ends 22 July 2026 Term
  • Autumn Half Term Holiday (approximate range) 25 October – 2 November 2025 Holiday
  • Christmas Holiday 20 December 2025 – 4 January 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Half Term Holiday (approximate range) 14 February – 22 February 2026 Holiday
  • Easter Holiday 3 April – 19 April 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Half Term Holiday (approximate range) 23 May – 31 May 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Holiday 23 July – 1 September 2026 Holiday
  • INSET Day 2 September 2025 Inset Day
  • INSET Day 3 September 2025 Inset Day
  • INSET Day 24 September 2025 Inset Day
  • INSET Day 5 December 2025 Inset Day
  • INSET Day 22 January 2026 Inset Day
  • INSET Day 23 January 2026 Inset Day
  • INSET Day 16 March 2026 Inset Day
  • New Year’s Day 1 January 2026 Event
  • Good Friday 3 April 2026 Event
  • Easter Monday 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
  • Christmas Day 25 December 2025 Holiday
  • Boxing Day 26 December 2025 Event

Exam results & performance

DfE performance tables Official results, 2024–2025 GOV.UK ↗
48.8 Attainment 8 England 46.1 Top 28%
48.2% Grade 5+ English & maths England 45.4% Top 31%
29% Persistent absence England 17.8%

The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Haygrove School with Somerset Council and England.

Key stage 4 (GCSE) 48.8 Attainment 8 score

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

This school Somerset Council England

Attainment 8 score · Average across 8 GCSEs, out of 90 48.8
Somerset Council 43.5 England 46.1 +2.7 vs England
Grade 5+ in English & maths · A strong pass 48.2%
Somerset Council 40.3% England 45.4% +2.8 vs England
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils 42.4
Somerset Council 30.5 England 34.9 +7.5 vs England
Disadvantage gap · Attainment 8 points; smaller is better 7.8
Somerset Council 16.5 England 15.5 -7.7 vs England
Disadvantaged pupils in the year group · Context for the scores above 17.9%
Somerset Council 21.4% England 28.2%
Pupils in the year group · Small cohorts swing wildly 224
Attendance 29% Persistently absent pupils

Absence across the whole school year.

This school Somerset Council England

Persistently absent pupils · Missed 10%+ of sessions; lower is better 29%
Somerset Council 18.4% England 17.8% +11.3 vs England
Overall absence · Lower is better 10.3%
Somerset Council 7.3% England 6.8% +3.6 vs England
What pupils do after GCSEs 99% In education, apprenticeship or work

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

This school Somerset Council England

In education, apprenticeship or work 99%
Somerset Council 92% England 92% +7 vs England
Same, for disadvantaged pupils 96%
Somerset Council 84% England 83% +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 Haygrove 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 Haygrove 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.