Great Yarmouth Charter Academy
Salisbury Road, Great Yarmouth, NR30 4LS
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Christian
- Trust
- INSPIRATION TRUST
- Principal
- Mr James Gosden
- Sponsor
- Inspiration Trust
- Constituency
- Great Yarmouth
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,500
- Pupils on roll
- 882
- URN
- 142883
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01493842061
About this school
Great Yarmouth Charter Academy is a Christian secondary academy in Great Yarmouth. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 882 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 12 June 2024, 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 | 147 | 153 | 157 |
| Attainment 8 score | 40.7 | 41.7 | 38.6 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.07 -0.31 to +0.18 | -0.01 -0.24 to +0.22 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 38% | 32.7% | 34.4% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 52% | 58.8% | 52.2% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 33% | 25.5% | 28.7% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.3 |
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 Great Yarmouth Charter 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 | 40.7 | 38.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 41.7 | 39.2 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 38.6 | 38.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 13.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 14.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 894 |
| 2023/24 | 941 |
| 2024/25 | 895 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Great Yarmouth Charter Academy compares
Great Yarmouth Charter Academy ranked 48th of 53 secondary schools in Norfolk for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 34% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 5% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 38.6 | 11.5% | 55.4% | 882 | — |
| Caister Academy | 49.4 | 8.5% | 40.3% | 657 | 2.4 miles |
| Lynn Grove Academy | 44.2 | 9.7% | 33.6% | 1,113 | 2.7 miles |
| Ormiston Venture Academy | 47.3 | 10.5% | 40.5% | 889 | 3.7 miles |
| Cliff Park Ormiston Academy | 35.9 | 11.8% | 41.1% | 812 | 4.0 miles |
| Flegg High Ormiston Academy | 42 | 10.8% | 23.5% | 648 | 7.6 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)
- 55.42%
- English as an additional language
- 32.7%
- Overall absence
- 11.47%
- Persistent absence
- 34.5%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Caister Academy2.4 miles
Secondary · Great Yarmouth
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Lynn Grove Academy2.7 miles
Secondary · Great Yarmouth
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Ormiston Venture Academy3.7 miles
Secondary · Gorleston
-
Cliff Park Ormiston Academy4.0 miles
Secondary · Great Yarmouth
-
Flegg High Ormiston Academy7.6 miles
Secondary · Great Yarmouth
Other schools in Great Yarmouth
Great Yarmouth Charter Academy ranks 4th of the 5 ranked secondary schools in Great Yarmouth.
- Caister Academy Secondary
- Cliff Park Ormiston Academy Secondary
- Flegg High Ormiston 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 Great Yarmouth Charter Academy teach?
- Great Yarmouth Charter Academy teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Great Yarmouth.
- Who is the principal of Great Yarmouth Charter Academy?
- The principal of Great Yarmouth Charter Academy is Mr James Gosden, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Great Yarmouth Charter Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Great Yarmouth Charter 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 Great Yarmouth Charter Academy?
- Great Yarmouth Charter Academy has 882 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Great Yarmouth Charter Academy full?
- Great Yarmouth Charter Academy has capacity for 1,500 pupils and 882 on roll (59%), 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 Great Yarmouth Charter Academy a faith school?
- Yes. Great Yarmouth Charter Academy is designated Christian.
- Who runs Great Yarmouth Charter Academy?
- Great Yarmouth Charter Academy is part of INSPIRATION TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Great Yarmouth Charter Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 40.7 in 2022/23 and 38.6 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Great Yarmouth Charter Academy rank locally?
- Great Yarmouth Charter Academy ranked 48th of 53 secondary schools in Norfolk for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 34% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 5% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Great Yarmouth Charter Academy's absence rate?
- Great Yarmouth Charter Academy's overall absence rate is 11.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Great Yarmouth Charter Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Great Yarmouth Charter 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 2 July 2026.