Great Yarmouth Charter Academy
Secondary · Free schools · Mixed · Norfolk
Salisbury Road, Great Yarmouth, NR30 4LS
60
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
88.5%
34.5% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
882
Capacity used
Has space59%
1,500 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
178 of 178 families who put it first got an offer
185
Places offered
259
Total applications
1.4
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 178 | 178 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 42 | 4 | ● 10% |
| 3rd preference | 26 | 3 | ● 12% |
| 4th preference | 13 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 259 | 185 | 71% |
1st preference success by year
Norfolk lets families list 4 preferences. 2 applications came from outside the council area (1 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Christian
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- James Gosden
- Address
- Salisbury Road, Great Yarmouth, NR30 4LS
- Phone
- 01493842061
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- Ward / constituency
- Yarmouth North · Great Yarmouth
- Area
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- URN
- 142883
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 56% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 30% | — | — |
| SEN support | 11% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: INSPIRATION TRUST
882 pupils · 1,500 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
12 June 2024
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 939 pupils
Attendance
88.5%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
11.5%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
34.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
6.8%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
5.8%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 41.7 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.01 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 33% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 59% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.57 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 17.44 | — | — |
Average grade: D- (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 38.6 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 34.4% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 52.2% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 28.7% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.25 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 157 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 17.44 | 35 |
| Average grade | D- | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 0% | 17% |
| A-level students | 14 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 151 | 13% | 46% | 61% | |
| English Language | 151 | 4% | 36% | 59% | |
| English Literature | 151 | 7% | 38% | 58% | |
| Combined Science | 132 | 1% | 17% | 39% | |
| Geography | 91 | 2% | 23% | 32% | |
| Art and Design | 59 | 12% | 54% | 64% | |
| History | 44 | 7% | 25% | 36% | |
| Religious Studies | 43 | 14% | 47% | 74% | |
| French | 31 | 23% | 58% | 68% | |
| Statistics | 25 | 24% | 56% | 80% | |
| Portuguese | 24 | 46% | 75% | 88% | |
| Social Studies | 21 | 0% | 10% | 10% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 16421: Great Yarmouth Charter Academy
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Norfolk council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.