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Great Yarmouth Charter Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Free school
Salisbury Road, Great Yarmouth NR30 4LS · gyca.org.uk · 01493 842061
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jun 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 38.6
- average Attainment 8 score. Norfolk 45.2, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 882
- 59% of 1,500 places
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- Sixth form
- No
- Free school meals
- 55.6%
- First language not English
- 32.7%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Inspiration Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 160 families put the school first and 160 places were offered; 93% 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 | 160 | 160 | 1 | 93% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 185 | 178 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 192 | 182 | 0.9 | 99% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 192 | 186 | 1 | 98% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 195 | 196 | 1▲ | 95% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 38.6, and 34.4% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼38.6 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼34.4% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼52.2% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼28.7% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.25 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 2 | −4.3 |
| Sixth form college | 47.1 | +0.6 |
| Further education | 34 | +0.2 |
| Employment | 2.6 | −0.2 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 11.8 | +4.1 |
| Activity not captured | 2.6 | +1.2 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
Left in 2023/24
| University | 29.4 |
|---|---|
| Further and other education | 17.7 |
| Further education | 11.8 |
| Other education | 5.9 |
| Apprenticeship | 5.9 |
| Employment | 35.3 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 11.8 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 12 June 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Great Yarmouth Charter Academy was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 11 Jun 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jul 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jul 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
75% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (44 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 75%
- Replies
- 44
- 5% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on the 48% who had a child bullied
based on 14 parents (32%) with SEND