Schools in Great Yarmouth
Great Yarmouth's 44 schools extend well beyond the seafront town into the surrounding Norfolk Broads communities - Caister-on-Sea, Hemsby, Ormesby, Martham and Ludham all have their own primaries. Norfolk County Council coordinates maintained school admissions and publishes catchment area maps for each school annually.
Great Yarmouth High School and Ormiston Venture Academy are the main secondary options in the town itself, both operating under academy arrangements with their own individual admissions policies. Families should check each school's prospectus carefully as criteria can differ from the Norfolk default.
Village primary catchments in the Broads area are tightly drawn around each settlement. Parents in outlying areas between two villages should verify their exact catchment before assuming their nearest-looking school is actually their designated one.
School demand in Great Yarmouth
Across the 42 schools in Great Yarmouth with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 88%. 8 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
10 schools in Great Yarmouth have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
25 of the schools in Great Yarmouth are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Norfolk, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
14 of the schools in Great Yarmouth have a current Ofsted rating, of which 10 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Great Yarmouth: 6 oversubscribed (32)
Caister Junior School
Primary · Community school
Great Yarmouth · NR30 5ET
Caister Infant With Nursery School
Primary · Community school
Great Yarmouth · NR30 5ET
Hemsby Primary School
Primary · Community school
Great Yarmouth · NR29 4LH
Ludham Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Community school
Great Yarmouth · NR29 5QN
Ormesby Village Infant School
Primary · Community school
Great Yarmouth · NR29 3RY
Ormesby Village Junior School
Primary · Community school
Great Yarmouth · NR29 3LA
St. George's Primary School & St. George's Nursery School, Great Yarmouth
Primary · Community school
Great Yarmouth · NR30 3BQ
North Denes Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Community school
Great Yarmouth · NR30 4HF
Hillside Primary School
Primary · Community school
Great Yarmouth · NR31 8PA
Fleggburgh CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Great Yarmouth · NR29 3AG
St Nicholas Priory CofE VA Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Great Yarmouth · NR30 1NL
Homefield VC CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Great Yarmouth · NR31 8NS
Rollesby Primary School
Primary · Foundation school
Great Yarmouth · NR29 5EH
Martham Academy and Nursery
Primary · Academy converter
Great Yarmouth · NR29 4PR
Great Yarmouth Primary Academy and Nursery
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Great Yarmouth · NR30 3DT
Ormiston Cliff Park Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Great Yarmouth · NR31 6SZ
Woodlands Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Great Yarmouth · NR31 8QQ
Ormiston Herman Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Great Yarmouth · NR31 7JL
Moorlands CofE Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Great Yarmouth · NR31 9PA
Stradbroke Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Great Yarmouth · NR31 6LZ
Cobholm Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Great Yarmouth · NR31 0BA
Filby Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Great Yarmouth · NR29 3HJ
Peterhouse CofE Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Great Yarmouth · NR31 7BY
St Mary and St Peter Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Great Yarmouth · NR31 6QY
Wroughton Infant Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Great Yarmouth · NR31 8AH
Wroughton Junior Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Great Yarmouth · NR31 8BD
Edward Worlledge Ormiston Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Great Yarmouth · NR31 0ER
Hopton Church of England Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Great Yarmouth · NR31 9BT
Winterton Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Great Yarmouth · NR29 4AP
Northgate Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Great Yarmouth · NR30 1BP
Southtown Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Great Yarmouth · NR31 0HJ
Catfield CofE Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Great Yarmouth · NR29 5DA
Secondary Schools in Great Yarmouth (5)
Lynn Grove Academy
Secondary · Academy converter
Great Yarmouth · NR31 8AP
Cliff Park Ormiston Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led
Great Yarmouth · NR31 6TA
Caister Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led
Great Yarmouth · NR30 5LS
Great Yarmouth Charter Academy
Secondary · Free schools
Great Yarmouth · NR30 4LS
Flegg High Ormiston Academy
Secondary · Academy converter
Great Yarmouth · NR29 4QD
Other Schools in Great Yarmouth (7)
John Grant School, Caister-on-Sea
Not applicable · Foundation special school
Great Yarmouth · NR30 5QW
Visiting Teacher Service East at Education Services Centre
Not applicable · Miscellaneous
Great Yarmouth · NR30 1EA
Novaturient School
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Great Yarmouth · NR30 1EA
East Norfolk Sixth Form College
All through · Academy 16-19 converter
Great Yarmouth · NR31 7BQ
Bure Park Specialist Academy
Not applicable · Free schools special
Great Yarmouth · NR30 4AE
Community-Ed Academy
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Great Yarmouth · NR31 6NX
UET Compass Academy
Not applicable · Academy alternative provision converter
Great Yarmouth · NR31 9LD
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Great Yarmouth are set by Norfolk and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.