Great Yarmouth Charter Academy, Great Yarmouth

From the headteacher's welcome: ""Empowering every child to succeed and lead a fulfilling life contributing positively to our community" I am exceptionally proud to be the Principal of Great Yarmouth Charter Academy. The school has a long and proud history within the town and plays a prominent role in our community today."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, netball, rugby, tennis, athletics, basketball, badminton, swimming, drama and choir.

The school runs after-school care.

On phones, the school says: "If your child's mobile phone is heard or seen, it will be confiscated and kept in school for 6 weeks before being returned to the parent or carer of that child."

In 2026, pupils at Great Yarmouth Charter Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 41.8, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45 in Norfolk and 47 across England.

38% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 43% in Norfolk and 47% in England.

That is up from 38.6 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.01: pupils made about average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 40.4, against 44 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 3.6 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 22 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and Art and Design.

For September 2026 entry, 160 families put Great Yarmouth Charter Academy as their first choice and 227 named it as one of their preferences, for 160 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. 12 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Great Yarmouth Charter Academy are Visiting Teacher Service East at Education Services Centre (0.6 miles); Caister Academy (2.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.9); Lynn Grove Academy (2.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 41.8); and Ormiston Venture Academy (3.7 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 45.7).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than Great Yarmouth Charter Academy.

Great Yarmouth Charter Academy is one of 18 schools run by Inspiration Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 47.5 in 2024/25.

Of the 153 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 83% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 34% to a further education college and 3% into work.

Of the 17 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 29% went on to university or other higher education, 6% to apprenticeships and 35% into work.

55.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 32.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (60%), Black (7%) and Mixed (7%).

The nearest railway station is Great Yarmouth Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Salisbury Road (adjacent), 120 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 362 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Norfolk (28), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Great Yarmouth Charter Academy issued 374 suspensions, 41.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 12 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Great Yarmouth Charter Academy are Northgate Primary School (0.4 miles); North Denes Primary School and Nursery (0.6 miles); St Nicholas Priory CofE VA Primary School and Nursery (0.7 miles); and St. George's Primary School & St. George's Nursery School, Great Yarmouth (1.2 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.