East Point Academy is a mixed secondary academy in Lowestoft, Suffolk County Council, teaching 846 pupils aged 11 to 16. Its last Ofsted inspection in February 2022 found the school remains Good. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 39.5 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 4 September 2025 to 17 July 2026.

Ofsted inspection

The latest published Ofsted judgement for East Point Academy.

Latest inspection
Good Ungraded inspection
Outcome: School remains Good. Ungraded (short) inspections confirm whether standards are maintained since the last full graded inspection — they don’t assign new category grades.
Ungraded inspection · Inspected 10 Feb 2022 · Published 28 Apr 2022
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Term dates & holidays 2025–2026

Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for East Point Academy.

East Point 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 Inset Day
  • 2 Inset Day
  • 3 Inset Day
  • 4 First Day of Autumn Term
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
  • 20–31 Autumn Half Term Holiday
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
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 Last Day of Autumn Term
  • 22–31 Christmas Holiday
  • 25 Christmas Day (Bank Holiday)
  • 26 Boxing Day (Bank Holiday)
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 (Bank Holiday)
  • 5 First Day of Spring Term
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 Holiday
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 Last Day of Spring Term
  • 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 (Bank Holiday)
  • 6 Easter Monday (Bank Holiday)
  • 13 First Day of Summer Term
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 Holiday
  • 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
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 Last Day of Summer Term
  • 20–31 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

Key dates (2025–2026)

  • Inset Day Sep 1, 2025 Inset Day
  • Inset Day Sep 2, 2025 Inset Day
  • Inset Day Sep 3, 2025 Inset Day
  • First Day of Autumn Term Sep 4, 2025 Term
  • Autumn Half Term Holiday Oct 20-31, 2025 Holiday
  • Last Day of Autumn Term Dec 19, 2025 Term
  • Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
  • New Year's Day (Bank Holiday) Jan 1, 2026 Holiday
  • First Day of Spring Term Jan 5, 2026 Term
  • Spring Half Term Holiday Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
  • Last Day of Spring Term Mar 27, 2026 Term
  • Easter Holiday Mar 30 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
  • Good Friday (Bank Holiday) Apr 3, 2026 Holiday
  • Easter Monday (Bank Holiday) Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
  • First Day of Summer Term Apr 13, 2026 Term
  • Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Half Term Holiday May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
  • Last Day of Summer Term Jul 17, 2026 Term
  • Summer Holiday Jul 20 - Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
  • Christmas Day (Bank Holiday) Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
  • Boxing Day (Bank Holiday) Dec 26, 2025 Holiday

Exam results & performance

DfE performance tables Official results, 2024–2025 GOV.UK ↗
39.5 Attainment 8 England 46.1
42.7% Grade 5+ English & maths England 45.4%
26.9% Persistent absence England 17.8%

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

Key stage 4 (GCSE) 39.5 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 39.5
Suffolk County Council 42.8 England 46.1 -6.6 vs England
Grade 5+ in English & maths · A strong pass 42.7%
Suffolk County Council 39.9% England 45.4% -2.7 vs England
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils 31
Suffolk County Council 30.8 England 34.9 -3.9 vs England
Disadvantage gap · Attainment 8 points; smaller is better 14.5
Suffolk County Council 15.9 England 15.5 -1 vs England
Disadvantaged pupils in the year group · Context for the scores above 41.3%
Suffolk County Council 24.5% England 28.2%
Pupils in the year group · Small cohorts swing wildly 150
Attendance 26.9% 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 26.9%
Suffolk County Council 17.9% England 17.8% +9.1 vs England
Overall absence · Lower is better 9.3%
Suffolk County Council 7% England 6.8% +2.6 vs England
What pupils do after GCSEs 90% 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 90%
Suffolk County Council 93% England 92% -2 vs England
Same, for disadvantaged pupils 82%
Suffolk County Council 84% England 83% -1 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 East Point 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 East Point 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.