UK Schools
Pakefield High School
Pakefield High School is a mixed secondary academy in Lowestoft, Suffolk County Council, teaching 679 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in September 2023. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 38.4 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 1 September 2025 to 20 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Pakefield High School.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Pakefield High School.
- 1–30 Autumn Term
- 1 Staff professional development day
- 2 Staff professional development day
- 1–31 Autumn Term
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term
- 1–30 Autumn Term
- 1–19 Autumn Term
- 20–31 Christmas Holiday
- 25 Christmas Day
- 26 Boxing Day
- 1–4 Christmas Holiday
- 1 New Year's Day
- 5–31 Spring Term
- 5 Staff professional development day
- 1–28 Spring Term
- 16–20 Spring Half Term
- 1–27 Spring Term
- 28–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–12 Easter Holiday
- 3 Good Friday
- 6 Easter Monday
- 13–30 Summer Term
- 13 Staff professional development day
- 1–31 Summer Term
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday (School closed)
- 25–29 Summer Half Term
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 1–30 Summer Term
- 1–20 Summer Term
- 20 Staff professional development day
- 21–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Autumn Term Sep 1, 2025 - Dec 19, 2025 Term
- Staff professional development day Sep 1, 2025 Inset Day
- Staff professional development day Sep 2, 2025 Inset Day
- Autumn Half Term Oct 27, 2025 - Oct 31, 2025 Holiday
- Christmas Holiday Dec 20, 2025 - Jan 4, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term Jan 5, 2026 - Mar 27, 2026 Term
- Staff professional development day Jan 5, 2026 Inset Day
- Spring Half Term Feb 16, 2026 - Feb 20, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday Mar 28, 2026 - Apr 12, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term Apr 13, 2026 - Jul 20, 2026 Term
- Staff professional development day Apr 13, 2026 Inset Day
- Early May Bank Holiday (School closed) May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term May 25, 2026 - May 29, 2026 Holiday
- Staff professional development day Jul 20, 2026 Inset Day
- Summer Holiday Jul 21, 2026 - Aug 31, 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
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Pakefield High School with Suffolk County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 38.4 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Suffolk County Council England
Attendance 27.6% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Suffolk County Council 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
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 Pakefield High 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 only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Pakefield High 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.