Great Yarmouth Charter Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D51
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Great Yarmouth, NR30 4LS
- Distance
- 3.9km away
Caister Academy
Windsor Road, Caister-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, NR30 5LS
Local ranking14th of 53 secondary schools in Norfolk
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
805
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 29 November 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 47.9 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 38.1% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 62.9% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 105
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Continued in education
- 83.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 635
- Boys
- 318 (48%)
- Girls
- 339 (52%)
- Capacity
- 805 (82% full)
- SEND
- 26.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 40.3%
- EAL
- 15.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.1%
- SEN Support
- 21.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 37.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,672/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 24.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 78.1%
- White Other: 9.4%
- Black African: 2.7%
- Mixed Other: 2.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.1%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.1%
- Gypsy/Roma: 0.8%
- Asian Indian: 0.8%
78.1%
White British
9.4%
White Other
2.7%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Windsor Road
Great Yarmouth, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 141331
- UKPRN
- 10047451
- Establishment No.
- 4017
- Trust
- CREATIVE EDUCATION TRUST
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