Bure Park Specialist Academy
16a Keyes Avenue, Great Yarmouth, NR30 4AE
- Phase
- Free Schools
- School type
- Free schools special
- Ages
- 5 to 16
- Gender
- Boys
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- BROAD HORIZONS EDUCATION TRUST
- Headteacher
- Miss Hayley Ross
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- Sponsor
- Broad Horizons Education Trust
- SEN provision
- SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Constituency
- Great Yarmouth
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 88
- Pupils on roll
- 87
- URN
- 148572
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01493807930
About this school
Bure Park Specialist Academy is a boys' special academy in Great Yarmouth. It teaches children aged 5 to 16 and has 87 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Bure Park Specialist 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
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- 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 | 8 | 14 | 8 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 25% | 7% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 13% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 13% | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 96.0 | 90.0 | 88.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 88.0 | 87.0 | 86.0 |
| Reading progress | -7.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -13.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -11.00 | - | - |
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.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - |
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 Bure Park Specialist 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 | 0% | 49.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 49.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 52.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 15.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 18% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 21.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 50 |
| 2023/24 | 64 |
| 2024/25 | 80 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 82.5%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 21.75%
- Persistent absence
- 55.88%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Novaturient School1.0 miles
Special schools · Great Yarmouth
-
Visiting Teacher Service East at Education Services Centre1.0 miles
Other types · Great Yarmouth
-
John Grant School, Caister-on-Sea2.3 miles
Special schools · Great Yarmouth
-
Community-Ed Academy2.8 miles
Special schools · Great Yarmouth
-
UET Compass Academy4.7 miles
Academies · Great Yarmouth
Other schools in Great Yarmouth
- Community-Ed Academy Special schools
- John Grant School, Caister-on-Sea Special schools
- Novaturient School Special schools
- UET Compass Academy Academies
- 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 ages does Bure Park Specialist Academy teach?
- Bure Park Specialist Academy teaches children aged 5 to 16. It is a special school in Great Yarmouth.
- Who is the headteacher of Bure Park Specialist Academy?
- The headteacher of Bure Park Specialist Academy is Miss Hayley Ross, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Bure Park Specialist Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Bure Park Specialist 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 Bure Park Specialist Academy?
- Bure Park Specialist Academy has 87 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 16.
- Is Bure Park Specialist Academy full?
- Bure Park Specialist Academy has capacity for 88 pupils and 87 on roll (99%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Bure Park Specialist Academy a faith school?
- No. Bure Park Specialist Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Bure Park Specialist Academy part of an academy trust?
- Bure Park Specialist Academy is part of BROAD HORIZONS EDUCATION TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Bure Park Specialist Academy have?
- The schools register lists Bure Park Specialist Academy's special educational needs provision as: SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Bure Park Specialist Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Bure Park Specialist Academy's absence rate?
- Bure Park Specialist Academy's overall absence rate is 21.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Bure Park Specialist Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bure Park Specialist 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.