Castle Manor Academy is a mixed secondary academy in Haverhill, Suffolk County Council, teaching 760 pupils aged 11 to 16. It was last inspected by Ofsted in December 2024. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 40.3 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 3 September 2025 to 17 July 2026.

Ofsted inspection

The latest published Ofsted judgement for Castle Manor Academy.

Latest inspection
Inspected Ungraded inspection
Outcome: Standards maintained. 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 Dec 2024 · Published 26 Jan 2025
Read full Ofsted report ↗

Term dates & holidays 2025–2026

Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Castle Manor Academy.

Castle Manor Academy 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 PD Day
  • 2 PD Day
  • 3 Term Begins (Year 7, 11 and The Arch only)
  • 4 Term Begins (All students)
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
  • 1–7 Autumn Half Term
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
  • 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 PD 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 PD 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
  • 17 Summer Term Ends
  • 20 PD Day
  • 21–31 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)

  • PD Day Sep 1, 2025 Event
  • PD Day Sep 2, 2025 Event
  • Term Begins (Year 7, 11 and The Arch only) Sep 3, 2025 Term
  • Term Begins (All students) Sep 4, 2025 Term
  • Autumn Half Term Oct 27 - Nov 7, 2025 Holiday
  • Autumn Term Ends Dec 19, 2025 Term
  • Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
  • PD Day Jan 5, 2026 Event
  • Spring Term Begins Jan 6, 2026 Term
  • Spring Half Term Feb 16 - Feb 20, 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Term Ends Mar 27, 2026 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 - May 29, 2026 Holiday
  • PD Day Jun 26, 2026 Event
  • Summer Term Ends Jul 17, 2026 Term
  • PD Day Jul 20, 2026 Event
  • Summer Holiday Jul 21 - 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 ↗
40.3 Attainment 8 England 46.1
32.2% Grade 5+ English & maths England 45.4%
25.3% Persistent absence England 17.8%

The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Castle Manor Academy with Suffolk County Council and England.

Key stage 4 (GCSE) 40.3 Attainment 8 score

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

This school Suffolk County Council England

Attainment 8 score · Average across 8 GCSEs, out of 90 40.3
Suffolk County Council 42.8 England 46.1 -5.8 vs England
Grade 5+ in English & maths · A strong pass 32.2%
Suffolk County Council 39.9% England 45.4% -13.2 vs England
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils 32.6
Suffolk County Council 30.8 England 34.9 -2.3 vs England
Disadvantage gap · Attainment 8 points; smaller is better 10.5
Suffolk County Council 15.9 England 15.5 -5 vs England
Disadvantaged pupils in the year group · Context for the scores above 27.4%
Suffolk County Council 24.5% England 28.2%
Pupils in the year group · Small cohorts swing wildly 146
Attendance 25.3% Persistently absent pupils

Absence across the whole school year.

This school Suffolk County Council England

Persistently absent pupils · Missed 10%+ of sessions; lower is better 25.3%
Suffolk County Council 17.9% England 17.8% +7.5 vs England
Overall absence · Lower is better 9.7%
Suffolk County Council 7% England 6.8% +3 vs 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 Suffolk County Council England

In education, apprenticeship or work 92%
Suffolk County Council 93% England 92% in line with England
Same, for disadvantaged pupils 87%
Suffolk County Council 84% England 83% +4 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 Castle Manor 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 catchment Other secondary schools

Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Castle Manor 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.