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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 12 June 2024Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
- 2 July 2019Graded 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 entry227 applications · 160 places offered · 160 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.6
- 2025 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2024 1.1; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2023 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2022 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2021 1.1; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2020 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.5
- 2019 1.1; Norfolk median median 1.5
- 2018 2.0; Norfolk median median 1.4
- 2017 1.4; Norfolk median median 1.3
- 2016 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.4; as the previous school
- 2015 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.4; as the previous school
- 2014 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.4; as the previous school
- This school
- Norfolk median
Dashed bars: as Great Yarmouth Charter Academy (URN 142583), Great Yarmouth (VA) High School (URN 121219), 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 | 160 | 227 | 1.4 | 160 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 185 | 259 | 1.4 | 178 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2024 | 192 | 216 | 1.1 | 182 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2023 | 192 | 235 | 1.2 | 186 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2022 | 195 | 243 | 1.3 | 196 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2021 | 194 | 218 | 1.1 | 183 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2020 | 143 | 174 | 1.2 | 139 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2019 | 157 | 168 | 1.1 | 137 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2018 | 28 | 55 | 2.0 | 26 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2017 | 74 | 104 | 1.4 | 71 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2016 * | 151 | 175 | 1.2 | 151 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 138 | 160 | 1.2 | 138 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 154 | 178 | 1.2 | 152 | 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.) | 166 | 41.8 | 38% | 58% | – |
| 2024/25 | 157 | 38.6 | 34% | 52% | – |
| 2023/24 | 153 | 41.7 | 33% | 59% | −0.01 |
| 2022/23 | 147 | 40.7 | 38% | 52% | −0.07 |
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
- Great Yarmouth Charter AcademyThis schoolThis schoolRemains Good20241.4applications per place 41.8Attainment 8
- 3.9 km · NorfolkRemains Good20231.6applications per place 47.9Attainment 8
- 4.4 km · NorfolkGood20231.8applications per place 41.8Attainment 8
- 6.0 km · NorfolkGraded · no overall grade20252.8applications per place 45.7Attainment 8
- 6.4 km · NorfolkGraded · no overall grade20251.5applications per place 36.8Attainment 8
- 12.2 km · NorfolkGraded · no overall grade20251.7applications per place 45.7Attainment 8
- 13.4 km · Norfolk20261.8applications per place 44.5Attainment 8
- 13.6 km · SuffolkGraded · no overall grade20251.3applications per place 46.6Attainment 8
- 14.4 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 142883 · 926/4025
- Trust
- Inspiration Trust
- Religious character
- Christian
- Capacity
- 1,500 pupils · 882 on roll
- Free school meals
- 55.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2016
- Replaced
- Great Yarmouth Charter Academy (URN 142583); Great Yarmouth (VA) High School (URN 121219)
- Address
- Salisbury Road, Great Yarmouth, NR30 4LS
- Local authority
- Norfolk · Great Yarmouth
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources