Academy sponsor led · Norfolk

Great Yarmouth Primary Academy and Nursery

2–11Ages
384Pupils
PrimaryPhase
138793URN

Dickens Avenue, Great Yarmouth, NR30 3DT · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jan 2026

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.0per place

close to Norfolk median (2.0)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Norfolk

55 applications for 28 places · 76th of 180 in Norfolk

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

56%met the expected standard

Norfolk 57% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Report card · inspected 20 January 2026Published 22 March 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
Area	Exceptional	Strong standard	Expected standard
Inclusion		Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching			Expected standard
Achievement			Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour			Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing		Strong standard
Early years			Expected standard
Post-16 provision	Does not apply to this school
Leadership and governance			Expected standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

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Inspection history

20 January 2026
Report card · 2 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard
8 June 2021
Graded inspection: 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 entry

2.0applications per place, Reception

close to Norfolk median (2.0) 0.2 below England median (2.2)

55 applications · 28 places offered · 26 named it first

2026 2.0; Norfolk median median 2.0
2025 1.4; Norfolk median median 2.0
2024 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.7
2023 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.7
2022 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.7
2021 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.7
2020 1.1; Norfolk median median 1.7
2019 0.8; Norfolk median median 1.7
2018 0.9; Norfolk median median 1.7
2017 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.6
2016 1.1; Norfolk median median 1.6
2015 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.7
2014 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.6

More applications per place than the Norfolk median in 0 of 13 years.

This school
Norfolk median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, 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	28	55	2.0	26	0.93
Sep 2025	49	67	1.4	40	0.82
Sep 2024	29	38	1.3	24	0.83
Sep 2023	44	64	1.5	40	0.91
Sep 2022	54	62	1.2	40	0.74
Sep 2021	48	55	1.2	36	0.75
Sep 2020	60	66	1.1	34	0.57
Sep 2019	59	49	0.8	28	0.47
Sep 2018	60	52	0.9	37	0.62
Sep 2017	36	49	1.4	34	0.94
Sep 2016	53	60	1.1	38	0.72
Sep 2015	59	78	1.3	50	0.85
Sep 2014	54	80	1.5	46	0.85

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 61% · Writing 67% · Maths 67% → all three 56% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard56%135th of 263 in Norfolk

Norfolk 57% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard61%

Norfolk 73% England 78%

Higher standard15%

Norfolk 30% England 33%

Average scaled score 101 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard67%

Norfolk 68% England 75%

Greater depth0%

Norfolk 7% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard67%

Norfolk 71% England 77%

Higher standard15%

Norfolk 19% England 24%

Average scaled score 101 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Norfolk median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	56%	0%	101	101
2023/24	48%	0%	102	104
2022/23	58%	0%	100	103

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Great Yarmouth Primary Academy and NurseryThis school
This school

2026

2.0applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
St. George's Primary School & St. George's Nursery School, Great Yarmouth
0.8 km · Norfolk

Remains Good2023

1.8applications per place 30%met the SATs standard
Edward Worlledge Ormiston Academy
0.9 km · Norfolk

Good2023

1.8applications per place 49%met the SATs standard
Southtown Primary School
1.3 km · Norfolk

2026

3.6applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
St Mary and St Peter Catholic Primary School
1.6 km · Norfolk

Good2022

1.5applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
Wroughton Infant Academy
1.6 km · Norfolk

Standards maintained2025

1.7applications per place
Wroughton Junior Academy
1.6 km · Norfolk

2026

56%met the SATs standard
St Nicholas Priory CofE VA Primary School and Nursery
1.8 km · Norfolk

Remains Good · improving2024

2.0applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
Cobholm Primary Academy
2.0 km · Norfolk

2026

1.7applications per place 59%met the SATs standard

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 sponsor led
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 138793 · 926/2027
Trust: Inspiration Trust
Capacity: 472 pupils · 384 on roll
Free school meals: 54.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 September 2012
Replaced: Greenacre Primary & Nursery School (URN 121023)
Address: Dickens Avenue, Great Yarmouth, NR30 3DT
Local authority: Norfolk · Great Yarmouth

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources