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Education in Great Yarmouth

District

The north east of the East of England. 100,957 people (mid-2025 estimate) in 174 square kilometres.

2 layers about education for Great Yarmouth, each at the level its publisher released it, with its own date and source.

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Schools by council

Worked out by Open Index · 2026

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Great Yarmouth had 42 open schools in 2026, from nurseries to sixth form colleges.

Number of schools

CouncilGreat Britain only
42
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Great Yarmouth had 42 open schools in 2026, from nurseries to sixth form colleges.

Worked out by Open Index from the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government.

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Number of schools: Great Yarmouth among every council350 areas from 1 to 510. The middle area is 68. Great Yarmouth is 42.

Schools

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Schools in Great Yarmouth

Great Yarmouth has 42 open schools: 30 primary, 6 secondary, 4 special, 1 sixth form and further education and 1 pupil referral and alternative provision.

Outstanding
0
Good
8
Requires improvement
0
Inadequate
0

8 of the 38 schools in Ofsted's file have an overall grade from a graded inspection between October 2019 and November 2023.

6 schools have a report card from the renewed framework (from November 2025), which gives no overall grade.

9 schools had a graded inspection from September 2024, when Ofsted stopped giving an overall grade.

Ofsted says grades from different frameworks can't be compared, and an old grade may not describe a school today. Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026.

Primary (30)

SchoolTypeAgesPupilsLatest Ofsted inspectionResults (KS2 2024/25)
Caister Infant With Nursery SchoolCommunity school2 to 7287Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met
Caister Junior SchoolCommunity school7 to 11324School remains Good, July 202471% met KS2 standard
Cobholm Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led3 to 11189Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met59% met KS2 standard
Edward Worlledge Ormiston AcademyAcademy sponsor led4 to 11238Good (overall), January 202349% met KS2 standard
Filby Primary SchoolAcademy converter2 to 11122Good (overall), March 202373% met KS2 standard
Fleggburgh CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school5 to 1153School remains Good, March 202357% met KS2 standard
Great Yarmouth Primary Academy and NurseryAcademy sponsor led2 to 11384Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met56% met KS2 standard
Hemsby Primary SchoolCommunity school2 to 11126Standards maintained, April 202545% met KS2 standard
Hillside Primary SchoolCommunity school4 to 11212Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade43% met KS2 standard
Homefield VC CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school3 to 11241Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade55% met KS2 standard
Hopton Church of England Primary AcademyAcademy converter5 to 11195School remains Good, October 202268% met KS2 standard
Martham Academy and NurseryAcademy converter2 to 11312School remains Good, April 202341% met KS2 standard
Moorlands CofE Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led3 to 11282Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade41% met KS2 standard
North Denes Primary School and NurseryCommunity school2 to 11381Good (overall), January 202348% met KS2 standard
Northgate Primary SchoolAcademy converter3 to 11425Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade37% met KS2 standard
Ormesby Village Infant SchoolCommunity school5 to 782School remains Good, December 2022
Ormesby Village Junior SchoolCommunity school7 to 11114Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade70% met KS2 standard
Ormiston Cliff Park Primary AcademyAcademy converter3 to 11484Good (overall), March 202272% met KS2 standard
Ormiston Herman AcademyAcademy sponsor led3 to 11420School remains Good, March 202382% met KS2 standard
Peterhouse CofE Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led3 to 11408School remains Good, December 202347% met KS2 standard
Rollesby Primary SchoolFoundation school2 to 11109School remains Good, March 202465% met KS2 standard
Southtown Primary SchoolAcademy converter4 to 11183Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met43% met KS2 standard
St Mary and St Peter Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter3 to 11200Good (overall), October 202257% met KS2 standard
St Nicholas Priory CofE VA Primary School and NurseryVoluntary aided school3 to 11418School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, July 202460% met KS2 standard
St. George's Primary School & St. George's Nursery School, Great YarmouthCommunity school3 to 11201School remains Good, November 202330% met KS2 standard
Stradbroke Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led4 to 11210School remains Good, March 202387% met KS2 standard
Winterton Primary School and NurseryAcademy sponsor led3 to 1168Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met33% met KS2 standard
Woodlands Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led3 to 11458School remains Good, April 202360% met KS2 standard
Wroughton Infant AcademyAcademy converter3 to 7183Standards maintained, March 2025Good (overall), October 2019
Wroughton Junior AcademyAcademy sponsor led7 to 11255Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met56% met KS2 standard

Secondary (6)

SchoolTypeAgesPupilsLatest Ofsted inspectionResults (KS4 2025/26)
Caister AcademyAcademy sponsor led11 to 16657School remains Good, November 2023Attainment 8: 47.9
Cliff Park Ormiston AcademyAcademy sponsor led11 to 16812Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall gradeAttainment 8: 36.8
Flegg High Ormiston AcademyAcademy converter11 to 16648Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall gradeAttainment 8: 45.7
Great Yarmouth Charter AcademyFree schools11 to 16882School remains Good, June 2024Attainment 8: 41.8
Lynn Grove AcademyAcademy converter11 to 161,113Good (overall), October 2023Attainment 8: 41.8
Ormiston Venture AcademyAcademy sponsor led11 to 16889Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall gradeAttainment 8: 45.7

Special (4)

SchoolTypeAgesPupilsLatest Ofsted inspection
Bure Park Specialist AcademyFree schools special5 to 1687Good (overall), November 2023
Community-Ed AcademyOther independent special school11 to 1622No outcome in Ofsted's file
John Grant School, Caister-on-SeaFoundation special school4 to 19198Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade
Novaturient SchoolOther independent special school11 to 1622No outcome in Ofsted's file

Sixth form and further education (1)

SchoolTypeAgesPupilsLatest Ofsted inspection
East Norfolk Sixth Form CollegeAcademy 16-19 converter16 to 190Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file

Pupil referral and alternative provision (1)

SchoolTypeAgesPupilsLatest Ofsted inspection
UET Compass AcademyAcademy alternative provision converter5 to 1663No outcome in Ofsted's file

Ofsted inspects state-funded schools; independent schools and colleges are inspected separately and show no outcome here.

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), edubasealldata20261015.csv; Ofsted, latest inspections as at 30 September 2026.