Graded inspection · Oct 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Norfolk
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry404 applications · 220 places offered · 243 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.8; Norfolk median median 1.6
- 2025 1.8; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2024 1.6; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2023 1.7; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2022 1.6; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2021 1.6; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2020 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.5
- 2019 1.6; Norfolk median median 1.5
- 2018 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2017 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.3
- 2016 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2015 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2014 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.4
- This school
- Norfolk median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 220 | 404 | 1.8 | 243 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2025 | 232 | 422 | 1.8 | 233 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 223 | 362 | 1.6 | 213 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2023 | 224 | 375 | 1.7 | 244 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2022 | 226 | 355 | 1.6 | 216 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2021 | 232 | 378 | 1.6 | 233 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 261 | 397 | 1.5 | 261 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 258 | 424 | 1.6 | 266 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2018 | 260 | 396 | 1.5 | 257 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2017 | 180 | 255 | 1.4 | 170 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2016 | 179 | 252 | 1.4 | 178 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2015 | 224 | 304 | 1.4 | 224 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 223 | 322 | 1.4 | 235 | 1.05 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 212 | 41.8 | 34% | 55% | – |
| 2024/25 | 224 | 44.2 | 42% | 66% | – |
| 2023/24 | 236 | 45.9 | 40% | 63% | +0.17 |
| 2022/23 | 243 | 47.7 | 50% | 69% | −0.05 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Lynn Grove AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.8applications per place 41.8Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · NorfolkGraded · no overall grade20252.8applications per place 45.7Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · NorfolkGraded · no overall grade20251.5applications per place 36.8Attainment 8
- 4.4 km · NorfolkRemains Good20241.4applications per place 41.8Attainment 8
- 7.9 km · NorfolkRemains Good20231.6applications per place 47.9Attainment 8
- 9.8 km · SuffolkGraded · no overall grade20251.3applications per place 46.6Attainment 8
- 10.8 km · SuffolkGraded · no overall grade20251.7applications per place 37.7Attainment 8
- 12.9 km · Suffolk20261.4applications per place 49.2Attainment 8
- 13.1 km · Norfolk20261.8applications per place 44.5Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 137541 · 926/5407
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Christian
- Capacity
- 1,150 pupils · 1,113 on roll
- Free school meals
- 33.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 October 2011
- Replaced
- Lynn Grove VA High School (URN 121215)
- Address
- Lynn Grove, Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, NR31 8AP
- Local authority
- Norfolk · Great Yarmouth
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources