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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 29 November 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
- 16 January 2018Graded 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 entry238 applications · 146 places offered · 139 named it first
- 2026 1.6; Norfolk median median 1.6
- 2025 1.9; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2024 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2023 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2022 1.6; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2021 1.7; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2020 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.5
- 2019 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.5
- 2018 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2017 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.3
- 2016 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2015 1.6; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2014 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.4; as the previous school
- This school
- Norfolk median
Dashed bars: as Caister High School (URN 121220), the previous school.
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 | 146 | 238 | 1.6 | 139 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2025 | 147 | 273 | 1.9 | 150 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2024 | 116 | 172 | 1.5 | 108 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2023 | 133 | 182 | 1.4 | 117 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2022 | 135 | 212 | 1.6 | 124 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2021 | 105 | 181 | 1.7 | 99 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2020 | 140 | 190 | 1.4 | 137 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2019 | 151 | 233 | 1.5 | 147 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2018 | 151 | 210 | 1.4 | 145 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2017 | 108 | 141 | 1.3 | 104 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2016 | 99 | 136 | 1.4 | 99 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 117 | 184 | 1.6 | 117 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 106 | 155 | 1.5 | 105 | 0.99 |
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.) | 105 | 47.9 | 38% | 63% | – |
| 2024/25 | 109 | 49.4 | 47% | 68% | – |
| 2023/24 | 140 | 47.3 | 40% | 60% | +0.30 |
| 2022/23 | 145 | 42.6 | 28% | 59% | −0.13 |
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
- Caister AcademyThis schoolThis schoolRemains Good20231.6applications per place 47.9Attainment 8
- 3.9 km · NorfolkRemains Good20241.4applications per place 41.8Attainment 8
- 7.9 km · NorfolkGood20231.8applications per place 41.8Attainment 8
- 8.8 km · NorfolkGraded · no overall grade20251.7applications per place 45.7Attainment 8
- 9.6 km · NorfolkGraded · no overall grade20252.8applications per place 45.7Attainment 8
- 10.2 km · NorfolkGraded · no overall grade20251.5applications per place 36.8Attainment 8
- 12.7 km · Norfolk20261.8applications per place 44.5Attainment 8
- 17.5 km · SuffolkGraded · no overall grade20251.3applications per place 46.6Attainment 8
- 18.3 km · SuffolkGraded · no overall grade20251.7applications per place 37.7Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 141331 · 926/4017
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 805 pupils · 657 on roll
- Free school meals
- 38.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 March 2015
- Replaced
- Caister High School (URN 121220)
- Address
- Windsor Road, Caister-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, NR30 5LS
- Local authority
- Norfolk · Great Yarmouth
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources