Great Yarmouth Charter Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 12 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
Christian
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Norfolk
Unique reference
142883
Address
Salisbury Road, NR30 4LS

Pupils

Number of Pupils
941 (81% of total capacity)
Boys
45.9%
Girls
54.1%
First language not English
29.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
55%
Persistent absence
36.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 65.1%
Other White 11.9%
Unclassified 7.8%
African 4.9%
Mixed 4.7%
Other 1.7%
Other Black 1.2%
Other Asian 0.7%
Indian 0.6%
Chinese 0.4%
Pakistani 0.3%
Caribbean 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.07
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 33%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 38%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 40.7
Local authority average 44.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.46
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award60
Speech & DramaTechnical Award20
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE39
BengaliGCSE1
BiologyGCSE31
ChemistryGCSE31
ChineseGCSE1
Design & TechnologyGCSE20
English LanguageGCSE147
English LiteratureGCSE147
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Great Yarmouth Charter Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
192
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
182
2nd preference
26
3rd preference
8
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
181
2nd preference
6
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
193
93
100
Year 8
194
97
97
Year 9
196
99
97
Year 10
166
67
99
Year 11
156
65
91
Year 12
21
4
17
Year 13
15
7
8
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
85.0%
86.5%
Further education
35.0%
41.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
2.0%
35.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
47.0%
7.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
5.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
5.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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