Wroughton Junior Academy
Burgh Road, Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, NR31 8BD
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- CREATIVE EDUCATION TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jessica Balls
- Sponsor
- Creative Education Trust
- Constituency
- Great Yarmouth
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 360
- Pupils on roll
- 255
- URN
- 143522
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01493806780
About this school
Wroughton Junior Academy is a primary academy in Great Yarmouth. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 255 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
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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 84 | 87 | 68 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 43% | 55% | 56% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 3% | 9% |
| Expected standard in reading | 55% | 63% | 71% |
| Expected standard in maths | 71% | 69% | 75% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 61% | 57% | 74% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 101.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 102.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -3.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.70 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Wroughton Junior 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 | 43% | 49.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 55% | 49.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 56% | 52.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 327 |
| 2023/24 | 318 |
| 2024/25 | 283 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Wroughton Junior Academy compares
Wroughton Junior Academy ranked 138th of 266 primary schools in Norfolk for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 31% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 56% | 7% | 56.2% | 255 | — |
| Wroughton Infant Academy | — | 4.9% | 37% | 183 | 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 56.18%
- English as an additional language
- 9.2%
- Overall absence
- 7.02%
- Persistent absence
- 16.72%
Location
Nearby schools
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Wroughton Infant Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Great Yarmouth
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St Mary and St Peter Catholic Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Great Yarmouth
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Stradbroke Primary Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Great Yarmouth
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Peterhouse CofE Primary Academy0.8 miles
Primary · Great Yarmouth
-
Edward Worlledge Ormiston Academy1.0 miles
Primary · Great Yarmouth
Other schools in Great Yarmouth
Wroughton Junior Academy ranks 15th of the 28 ranked primary 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 year groups does Wroughton Junior Academy teach?
- Wroughton Junior Academy teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Great Yarmouth.
- Who is the headteacher of Wroughton Junior Academy?
- The headteacher of Wroughton Junior Academy is Mrs Jessica Balls, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Wroughton Junior Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Wroughton Junior 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 Wroughton Junior Academy?
- Wroughton Junior Academy has 255 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Wroughton Junior Academy full?
- Wroughton Junior Academy has capacity for 360 pupils and 255 on roll (71%), 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 Junior Academy a faith school?
- No. Wroughton Junior Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Wroughton Junior Academy have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Wroughton Junior Academy as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Wroughton Junior Academy?
- Wroughton Junior 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 Wroughton Junior Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 43% in 2022/23 and 56% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Wroughton Junior Academy rank locally?
- Wroughton Junior Academy ranked 138th of 266 primary schools in Norfolk for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 31% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Wroughton Junior Academy's absence rate?
- Wroughton Junior Academy's overall absence rate is 7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Wroughton Junior Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Wroughton Junior 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 10 July 2026.