Caister Infant With Nursery School, Great Yarmouth

Ofsted's report card from its 12 May 2026 inspection grades Caister Infant With Nursery School on 7 areas: 7 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Published outcomes in early reading reflect the school's consistent approach to teaching phonics and reading."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders prioritise attendance and have established a clear and consistent approach to promoting high attendance."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have refined the curriculum so that pupils build knowledge and skills in a more coherent way from the early years onwards."

Early years - Expected standard. "Children in the early years settle quickly into warm and positive routines."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders have established a culture in which pupils receive thoughtful and carefully tailored support."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders, including those responsible for governance, have established a clear and collaborative approach to improvement across the federation."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders have carefully designed how the wider curriculum helps pupils to grow in confidence, understand themselves and develop positive relationships with others."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should further embed the school's approach to communication, language and oracy so that staff consistently develop pupils' speaking, vocabulary and sentence construction across all classes"; "Leaders should ensure that agreed approaches to transcription, including handwriting and letter formation, are implemented consistently so that pupils develop increasing fluency and accuracy in writing".

In its own words: "We have a strong sense of place, and we embrace the opportunities offered by being at the heart of our communities. We are committed to takling climate action to protect the future for us all, particularly the youngest members of our school community. We share a collective responsibility for all the young people in our federation."

From the headteacher's welcome: "On behalf of the children, staff and governors I take great pleasure in welcoming you to Caister Infant School with Nursery . It is an absolute privilege to be Head of School of such a thriving school community where high aspirations and a caring family ethos are at the heart of everything we do."

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care, from £5.00 per session.

For September 2026 entry, 68 families put Caister Infant With Nursery School as their first choice and 97 named it as one of their preferences, for 60 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 10 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Caister Infant With Nursery School are Caister Junior School (under 0.1 miles, Good, 82% reading, 89% maths); North Denes Primary School and Nursery (1.5 miles, Good, 67% reading, 64% maths); Northgate Primary School (2.2 miles, Good, 61% reading, 61% maths); and Ormesby Village Junior School (2.5 miles, Good, 91% reading, 82% maths).

3.1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 86 pupils (30%) received SEN support and 12 (4.2%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Caister Infant With Nursery School has a resourced provision for social, emotional and mental health needs: 16 places, 16 pupils on roll.

Caister Infant With Nursery School had 17 teachers in 2026, one for every 13 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Great Yarmouth Rail Station, about 2.6 miles away in a straight line.

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Police Station (opposite), 190 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 48 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, public order offences and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Norfolk (28), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Caister Infant With Nursery School issued 4 suspensions, 1.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.