UK Schools
Sybil Andrews Academy
Sybil Andrews Academy is a mixed secondary academy in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk County Council, teaching 657 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in October 2023. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 49.5 (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 Sybil Andrews 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 Sybil Andrews Academy.
- 1–2 PD Days
- 3 Autumn Term Starts
- 24 Pupils finish for October Half Term
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term Holiday
- 1–7 Autumn Half Term Holiday
- 10 Pupils Return After Half Term
- 19 Autumn Term Ends / Pupils finish for Christmas
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 25 Christmas Day
- 26 Boxing Day
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 1 New Year's Day Bank Holiday
- 5 PD Day
- 6 Spring Term Starts
- 13 Pupils finish for February Half Term
- 16–20 Spring Half Term Holiday
- 23 Pupils Return After Half Term
- 27 Spring Term Ends / Pupils finish for Easter
- 30–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–10 Easter Holiday
- 3 Good Friday
- 6 Easter Monday
- 13 Summer Term Starts
- 4 Bank Holiday
- 22 Pupils finish for May Half Term
- 25–29 Summer Half Term Holiday
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 1 Pupils Return After Half Term
- 26 PD Day
- 17 Summer Term Ends
- 20 PD Day
- 20–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
- 1 Summer Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- PD Days Sep 1-2, 2025 Event
- Autumn Term Starts Sep 3, 2025 Term
- Pupils finish for October Half Term Oct 24, 2025 Holiday
- Autumn Half Term Holiday Oct 27 - Nov 7, 2025 Holiday
- Pupils Return After Half Term Nov 10, 2025 Holiday
- Autumn Term Ends / Pupils finish for Christmas Dec 19, 2025 Holiday
- Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
- PD Day Jan 5, 2026 Event
- Spring Term Starts Jan 6, 2026 Term
- Pupils finish for February Half Term Feb 13, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Half Term Holiday Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- Pupils Return After Half Term Feb 23, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term Ends / Pupils finish for Easter Mar 27, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday Mar 30 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term Starts Apr 13, 2026 Term
- Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Pupils finish for May Half Term May 22, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term Holiday May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- Pupils Return After Half Term Jun 1, 2026 Holiday
- PD Day Jun 26, 2026 Event
- Summer Term Ends Jul 17, 2026 Term
- PD Day Jul 20, 2026 Event
- Summer Holiday Jul 20 - Sep 1, 2026 Holiday
- New Year's Day Bank Holiday Jan 1, 2026 Holiday
- 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 Sybil Andrews Academy with Suffolk County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 49.5 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Suffolk County Council England
Attendance 18.2% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Suffolk County Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 95% 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 Sybil Andrews 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 Sybil Andrews 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.