Caister Academy
Windsor Road, Caister-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, NR30 5LS
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- CREATIVE EDUCATION TRUST
- Principal
- Miss Helen Seath
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Creative Education Trust
- Constituency
- Great Yarmouth
- Setting
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 805
- Pupils on roll
- 657
- URN
- 141331
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01493720542
About this school
Caister Academy is a secondary academy in Great Yarmouth. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 657 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 29 November 2023, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 145 | 140 | 109 |
| Attainment 8 score | 42.6 | 47.3 | 49.4 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.13 -0.37 to +0.10 | +0.30 +0.06 to +0.54 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 28% | 40% | 46.8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 59% | 60% | 67.9% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 14% | 20% | 16.5% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.0 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Caister Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Norfolk average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 42.6 | 38.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 47.3 | 39.2 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 49.4 | 38.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 694 |
| 2023/24 | 679 |
| 2024/25 | 635 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Caister Academy compares
Caister Academy ranked 11th of 53 secondary schools in Norfolk for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 74% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 14% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 49.4 | 8.5% | 40.3% | 657 | — |
| Great Yarmouth Charter Academy | 38.6 | 11.5% | 55.4% | 882 | 2.4 miles |
| Lynn Grove Academy | 44.2 | 9.7% | 33.6% | 1,113 | 4.9 miles |
| Flegg High Ormiston Academy | 42 | 10.8% | 23.5% | 648 | 5.5 miles |
| Ormiston Venture Academy | 47.3 | 10.5% | 40.5% | 889 | 6.0 miles |
| Cliff Park Ormiston Academy | 35.9 | 11.8% | 41.1% | 812 | 6.3 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 40.31%
- English as an additional language
- 15.9%
- Overall absence
- 8.46%
- Persistent absence
- 24.59%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Great Yarmouth Charter Academy2.4 miles
Secondary · Great Yarmouth
-
Lynn Grove Academy4.9 miles
Secondary · Great Yarmouth
-
Flegg High Ormiston Academy5.5 miles
Secondary · Great Yarmouth
-
Ormiston Venture Academy6.0 miles
Secondary · Gorleston
-
Cliff Park Ormiston Academy6.3 miles
Secondary · Great Yarmouth
Other schools in Great Yarmouth
Caister Academy ranks 1st of the 5 ranked secondary schools in Great Yarmouth.
- Cliff Park Ormiston Academy Secondary
- Flegg High Ormiston Academy Secondary
- Great Yarmouth Charter Academy Secondary
- Lynn Grove Academy Secondary
- Caister Infant With Nursery School Primary
- Caister Junior School Primary
- Catfield CofE Primary Academy Primary
- Cobholm Primary Academy Primary
- Edward Worlledge Ormiston Academy Primary
- Filby Primary School Primary
- Fleggburgh CofE Primary School Primary
- Great Yarmouth Primary Academy and Nursery Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Caister Academy teach?
- Caister Academy teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Great Yarmouth.
- Who is the principal of Caister Academy?
- The principal of Caister Academy is Miss Helen Seath, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Caister Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Caister Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Caister Academy?
- Caister Academy has 657 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Caister Academy full?
- Caister Academy has capacity for 805 pupils and 657 on roll (82%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Caister Academy a faith school?
- No. Caister Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Caister Academy a selective school?
- No. Caister Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Caister Academy?
- Caister Academy is part of CREATIVE EDUCATION TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Caister Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 42.6 in 2022/23 and 49.4 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Caister Academy rank locally?
- Caister Academy ranked 11th of 53 secondary schools in Norfolk for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 74% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 14% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Caister Academy's absence rate?
- Caister Academy's overall absence rate is 8.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Caister Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Caister Academy's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.