Wroughton Infant Academy
Beccles Road, Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, NR31 8AH
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- CREATIVE EDUCATION TRUST
- Executive Headteacher
- Ms Jessica Balls
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Creative Education Trust
- Constituency
- Great Yarmouth
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 270
- Pupils on roll
- 183
- URN
- 143461
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01493806780
About this school
Wroughton Infant Academy is a primary academy in Great Yarmouth. It teaches children aged 3 to 7 and has 183 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Wroughton Infant Academy, and its latest judgement is set out 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
A short monitoring inspection followed on : inspectors found that standards have been maintained.
Trends over time
How Wroughton Infant 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 214 |
| 2023/24 | 191 |
| 2024/25 | 195 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Wroughton Infant Academy compares
Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4.9% | 37% | 183 | — |
| Wroughton Junior Academy | 56% | 7% | 56.2% | 255 | 0.0 miles |
| St Mary and St Peter Catholic Primary School | 57% | 4.9% | 22.3% | 200 | 0.3 miles |
| Stradbroke Primary Academy | 87% | 5% | 33.3% | 210 | 0.7 miles |
| Peterhouse CofE Primary Academy | 47% | 5.9% | 53.4% | 408 | 0.8 miles |
| Edward Worlledge Ormiston Academy | 49% | 7.1% | 42.5% | 238 | 1.0 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.
Inspection history
-
Ungraded inspection report26 March 2025
- 15 October 2019
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 37.04%
- English as an additional language
- 8.7%
- Overall absence
- 4.89%
- Persistent absence
- 11.43%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Wroughton Junior Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Great Yarmouth
-
St Mary and St Peter Catholic Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Great Yarmouth
-
Stradbroke Primary Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Great Yarmouth
-
Peterhouse CofE Primary Academy0.8 miles
Primary · Great Yarmouth
-
Edward Worlledge Ormiston Academy1.0 miles
Primary · Great Yarmouth
Other schools in Great Yarmouth
- 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
- Hemsby Primary School Primary
- Hillside Primary School Primary
- Homefield VC CofE Primary School Primary
- Hopton Church of England Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Wroughton Infant Academy teach?
- Wroughton Infant Academy teaches children aged 3 to 7. It is a primary school in Great Yarmouth.
- Who is the executive headteacher of Wroughton Infant Academy?
- The executive headteacher of Wroughton Infant Academy is Ms Jessica Balls, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Wroughton Infant Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Wroughton Infant 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 many pupils are at Wroughton Infant Academy?
- Wroughton Infant Academy has 183 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 7.
- Is Wroughton Infant Academy full?
- Wroughton Infant Academy has capacity for 270 pupils and 183 on roll (68%), 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 Wroughton Infant Academy a faith school?
- No. Wroughton Infant Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Wroughton Infant Academy have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Wroughton Infant Academy as having nursery classes.
- Is Wroughton Infant Academy part of an academy trust?
- Wroughton Infant 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.
- What is Wroughton Infant Academy's absence rate?
- Wroughton Infant Academy's overall absence rate is 4.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Wroughton Infant Academy publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Wroughton Infant Academy. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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.