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Caister Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Windsor Road, Caister-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth NR30 5LS · caisteracademy.org.uk · 01493 720542
On the mapSearch near NR30 5LS
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Nov 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 49.4
- average Attainment 8 score. Norfolk 45.2, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 657
- 82% of 805 places
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 38.8%
- First language not English
- 16.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 139 families put the school first and 146 places were offered; 99% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 146 | 139 | 1 | 99% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 147 | 150 | 1▲ | 95% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 116 | 108 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 133 | 117 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 135 | 124 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 49.4, and 46.8% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Norfolk it was 45.2, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲49.4 | 46.0 | ||
| ●46.8% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲67.9% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼16.5% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.02 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 1.4 | — |
| Sixth form college | 43.6 | −9.6 |
| Further education | 40 | +5.3 |
| Apprenticeship | 2.1 | −1.9 |
| Employment | 3.6 | −1.2 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6.4 | +4.8 |
| Activity not captured | 2.9 | +1.3 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 29 November 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Caister Academy was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 28 Nov 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2018
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 121220), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jan 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective May 2014Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 121220)
What parents said
93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (27 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 93%
- Replies
- 27
- 4% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 100% who raised concerns
based on 12 parents (44%) whose child was bullied
based on 11 parents (41%) with SEND