UK Schools
Chantry Academy
Chantry Academy is a mixed secondary academy in Ipswich, Suffolk County Council, teaching 1,006 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in April 2024. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 33.9 (England 46.1). Term dates and holidays for 2025–2026 are listed below.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Chantry 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 Chantry Academy.
Key dates (2025–2026)
- PD Day 1st September 2025 Event
- PD Day 2nd September 2025 Event
- Autumn Term starts (Year 7 & Year 11 students) 3rd September 2025 Term
- Autumn Term starts (Years 8, 9 & 10 students) 4th September 2025 Term
- Autumn Half Term 27th - 31st October 2025 Holiday
- Students return 3rd November 2025 Event
- End of Autumn Term 19th December 2025 Term
- PD Day 5th January 2026 Event
- Spring Term starts 6th January 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term 16th - 22nd February 2026 Holiday
- Students return 23rd February 2026 Event
- End of Spring Term 27th March 2026 Term
- PD Day 13th April 2026 Event
- Summer Term starts 14th April 2026 Term
- Bank Holiday 5th May 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term 25th - 29th May 2026 Holiday
- Students return 1st June 2026 Event
- PD Day 3rd July 2026 Event
- End of Summer Term 17th July 2026 Term
- PD Day 20th July 2026 Event
- Christmas Holiday 22nd December 2025 - 4th January 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday 28th March - 10th April 2026 Holiday
- Summer Holiday 21st July - 31st August 2026 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Chantry Academy with Suffolk County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 33.9 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Suffolk County Council England
Attendance 18.9% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Suffolk County Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 88% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school Suffolk 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 Chantry 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 Chantry 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.