Great Yarmouth Primary Academy and Nursery, Great Yarmouth

Ofsted's report card from its 20 January 2026 inspection grades Great Yarmouth Primary Academy and Nursery on 7 areas: 2 strong standard and 5 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Inclusion - Strong standard. "This is a highly inclusive school."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "The personal development programme is intentionally designed to be sequential and coherent."

Achievement - Expected standard. "A considerable proportion of children start school with language and communication levels significantly below what would be expected for their age and stage."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders have taken effective steps and renewed and refreshed their strategy to ensure that pupils attend school regularly."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "The curriculum is sequenced well, ambitious and continually refined to meet pupils' needs."

Early years - Expected standard. "Children get off to a strong start in the Nursery."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders have a shared vision and ambition for pupils in the school."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "• Leaders should ensure that quality first teaching takes into account the typical gaps in pupils' knowledge and understanding of the curriculum content. This includes children in the Early Years".

From the headteacher's welcome: "Welcome to Great Yarmouth Primary Academy and Nursery, a place where every child is valued, supported, and given the opportunity to thrive. Primary school marks the beginning of every child's educational journey. At Great Yarmouth Primary Academy, we recognise the importance of developing the knowledge, skills, and confidence that enable pupils to become lifelong learners."

In 2025, 61% of Year 6 pupils at Great Yarmouth Primary Academy and Nursery reached the expected standard in reading and 67% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 73% and 70% in Norfolk and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 48% in reading and 73% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 26 families put Great Yarmouth Primary Academy and Nursery as their first choice and 55 named it as one of their preferences, for 28 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Great Yarmouth Primary Academy and Nursery are St. George's Primary School & St. George's Nursery School, Great Yarmouth (0.5 miles, Good, 47% reading, 57% maths); Edward Worlledge Ormiston Academy (0.6 miles, Good, 62% reading, 53% maths); Southtown Primary School (0.8 miles, Requires improvement, 64% reading, 54% maths); and St Mary and St Peter Catholic Primary School (1 mile, Good, 68% reading, 61% maths).

Great Yarmouth Primary Academy and Nursery's 2025 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

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

Across the trust's primary schools, 66% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

14 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Great Yarmouth Primary Academy and Nursery (as of April 2026): 86% would recommend the school, 93% say their child is happy there and 100% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (100%); the weakest, that pupils behave well (79%).

53.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 31.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (64%) and Black (10%).

Great Yarmouth Primary Academy and Nursery had 24 teachers in 2026, one for every 15 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 1.3 miles away in a straight line.

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Pleasure Beach (opposite), 130 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Great Yarmouth Primary Academy and Nursery stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 495 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Norfolk (28), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Great Yarmouth Primary Academy and Nursery issued 57 suspensions, 13.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 4 permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Great Yarmouth Primary Academy and Nursery are Visiting Teacher Service East at Education Services Centre (1 mile), Lynn Grove Academy (1.3 miles) and Great Yarmouth Charter Academy (1.7 miles).