Best Schools in Great Yarmouth

How many schools are there in Great Yarmouth?

Great Yarmouth has 44 open schools: 32 state primary, 7 state secondary or all-through, 4 special and 1 other.

Source: DfE Get Information About Schools

Which schools in Great Yarmouth are rated Outstanding?

1 school in Great Yarmouth was rated Outstanding at its most recent graded Ofsted inspection: John Grant School, Caister-on-Sea. Counting Good as well, 87% of the 39 graded schools here are rated Good or better. Ofsted stopped giving single-word overall grades in September 2024, so these are the grades from each school's last full inspection.

John Grant School, Caister-on-Sea

Source: Ofsted

Which secondary schools in Great Yarmouth get the best GCSE results?

Of the 5 schools in Great Yarmouth with 2026 GCSE results, the highest Attainment 8 scores - the average grade across a pupil's best eight GCSEs - were at Caister Academy, with an Attainment 8 score of 47.9 and 38% passing English and maths at grade 5 or above; Flegg High Ormiston Academy, with an Attainment 8 score of 45.7 and 43% passing English and maths at grade 5 or above; and Lynn Grove Academy, with an Attainment 8 score of 41.8 and 34% passing English and maths at grade 5 or above. Progress 8, the DfE's value-added measure, was not published for 2026.

Caister AcademyFlegg High Ormiston AcademyLynn Grove Academy

Source: DfE school performance data

Which primary schools in Great Yarmouth have the best SATs results?

Of the 28 primary schools in Great Yarmouth with 2025 Key Stage 2 results, the highest shares of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading and maths were at Stradbroke Primary Academy (87% in reading, 97% in maths); Ormiston Herman Academy (90% in reading, 92% in maths); and Filby Primary School (87% in reading, 87% in maths). Small schools can swing a long way from one year to the next, because each pupil is a large share of the result.

Stradbroke Primary AcademyOrmiston Herman AcademyFilby Primary School

Source: DfE school performance data

Are there grammar schools in Great Yarmouth?

No. None of the state secondary schools in Great Yarmouth selects pupils by ability, so every state secondary here is comprehensive.

Source: DfE Get Information About Schools

Do schools in Great Yarmouth have catchment areas?

Most state schools in Great Yarmouth have no fixed catchment boundary. When a school is oversubscribed, Norfolk allocates places on its published criteria - usually looked-after children first, then siblings, then home-to-school distance - so the practical cut-off moves each year. Each school's page here shows an estimate of its catchment radius.

How do I apply for a school place in Great Yarmouth?

Apply to Norfolk through its coordinated admissions process, even for academies and faith schools. In England the closing date is 31 October for secondary places and 15 January for primary places, in the year before your child starts.