Ernulf Academy
Barford Road, St. Neots, PE19 2SH
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- ASTREA ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Thomas Fisher
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Astrea Academy Trust
- Constituency
- St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,274
- Pupils on roll
- 720
- URN
- 146369
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01480374748
About this school
Ernulf Academy is a secondary academy in St. Neots. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 720 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Ernulf Academy, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 112 | 144 | 134 |
| Attainment 8 score | 37.2 | 36.2 | 40.3 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.39 -0.65 to -0.12 | -0.44 -0.67 to -0.20 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 33% | 28.5% | 38.8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 61% | 52.8% | 63.4% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 50% | 46.5% | 35.1% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Ernulf Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Cambridgeshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 37.2 | 38.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 36.2 | 38 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 40.3 | 36.7 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 12.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 703 |
| 2023/24 | 733 |
| 2024/25 | 743 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Ernulf Academy compares
Ernulf Academy ranked 30th of 34 secondary schools in Cambridgeshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 39% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 7% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 40.3 | 10.3% | 32.8% | 720 | — |
| Longsands Academy | 48.5 | 10.1% | 23.3% | 1,412 | 1.4 miles |
| Sandy Secondary School | 40.8 | 8% | 20.2% | 1,259 | 5.4 miles |
| Cambourne Village College | 51.7 | 7.6% | 16.4% | 1,626 | 7.9 miles |
| Mark Rutherford School | 41.5 | 9.1% | 27.1% | 1,150 | 8.0 miles |
| Edward Peake CofE VC School | — | 7% | 26.3% | 359 | 8.3 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 32.84%
- English as an additional language
- 7.9%
- Overall absence
- 10.31%
- Persistent absence
- 24.97%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Longsands Academy1.4 miles
Secondary · St Neots
-
Sandy Secondary School5.4 miles
Secondary · Sandy
-
Cambourne Village College7.9 miles
Secondary · Cambridge
-
Mark Rutherford School8.0 miles
Secondary · Bedford
-
Edward Peake CofE VC School8.3 miles
Secondary · Biggleswade
Other schools in St. Neots
- Little Paxton Primary School Primary
- Wintringham Primary Academy Primary
- Riverside Meadows Academy Academies
Common questions
- What ages does Ernulf Academy teach?
- Ernulf Academy teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in St. Neots.
- Who is the headteacher of Ernulf Academy?
- The headteacher of Ernulf Academy is Mr Thomas Fisher, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Ernulf Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Ernulf Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Ernulf Academy?
- Ernulf Academy has 720 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Ernulf Academy full?
- Ernulf Academy has capacity for 1,274 pupils and 720 on roll (57%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Ernulf Academy a faith school?
- No. Ernulf Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Ernulf Academy a selective school?
- No. Ernulf Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Ernulf Academy part of an academy trust?
- Ernulf Academy is part of ASTREA ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Ernulf Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 37.2 in 2022/23 and 40.3 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Ernulf Academy compare with other schools in Cambridgeshire?
- Ernulf Academy ranked 30th of 34 secondary schools in Cambridgeshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 39% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 7% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Ernulf Academy's absence rate?
- Ernulf Academy's overall absence rate is 10.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Ernulf Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Ernulf Academy's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 10 July 2026.