Great Yarmouth Charter Academy

Great Yarmouth Charter Academy
Established 1551
Type Academy (English school) Comprehensive
Religion Christian
Headteacher Barry Smith
Deputy Headteachers Iain Mackintosh & Dan Carter
Chair of the Governors Tim Coulson
Location Salisbury Road
Great Yarmouth
Norfolk
NR30 4LS
England
52°37′12″N 1°44′12″E / 52.62007°N 1.7366°E / 52.62007; 1.7366Coordinates: 52°37′12″N 1°44′12″E / 52.62007°N 1.7366°E / 52.62007; 1.7366
Local authority Norfolk
DfE URN 142583 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Staff 102
Students 700 pupils
Gender Co-educational
Ages 11–16
Colours Red and black
Website www.gyca.org.uk

Great Yarmouth Charter Academy is a coeducational comprehensive school on Salisbury Road in the town of Great Yarmouth in the English county of Norfolk. It educates about 700 11 to 16-year-old pupils, the age of entry having decreased from twelve to eleven in 2008. The school does not have a sixth form. The nearest post-16 centres are East Norfolk Sixth Form College and Great Yarmouth College.

History

The former Great Yarmouth Grammar School, which was founded in 1551, became the comprehensive Great Yarmouth High School in September 1982. In 1998 the school was awarded Technology College Specialist Status and in 1999 was designated V.A (Christian non-denominational) reflecting the terms of its Foundation, under the jurisdiction of Norfolk LEA.[1] In November 2008 the Technology Specialist College status ended as the school became a Humanities Specialist College.

In 2016 the school was rated as "inadequate" in an Ofsted inspection. It was closed and reopened in 2017 as Great Yarmouth Charter Academy,[2] having been taken over by the Inspiration Trust, under the leadership of Barry Smith who introduced a new behaviour policy.[3] A subsequent surprise inspection noted that before the new behaviour policy was introduced, a large number of pupils told the inspector that "they often felt unsafe at school", but that "During this unannounced inspection, all of the large number of pupils who spoke with inspectors said that they now feel safe at school".[4]

The school branding is based on a simplified version of the arms of the town (gules, three lions of England, dimidiated by azure, three herrings argent).

Inspection reports

In May 2007 an Ofsted report decreed that the school was good with outstanding features.

The 21 June 2008 Ofsted report found that Great Yarmouth High School "needs to improve immediately".

The 11 August 2009 Ofsted report found Great Yarmouth High School to be a "poor provider for special needs care".

On 23 July 2010 Ofsted found Great Yarmouth High School to be of "Low Standard Education".

On 28 May 2011 Ofsted found Great Yarmouth High School to be an "adequate School".

On 21 Feb 2018 an unannounced monitoring visit found safeguarding to be effective.

Notable former pupils

Great Yarmouth Grammar School

References

  1. ↑ "Education jobs online". Eteach.com. Retrieved 2011-01-25.
  2. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-41325299
  3. ↑ Powell, Luke (2018-03-14). "Ofsted praises improvements at Norfolk school after concerns spark unannounced visit". Eastern Daily Press. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  4. ↑ George, Martin (2018-03-13). "Ofsted backs school that banned 'meet me at McDonald's' haircut". TES. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  5. ↑ "Professor Kenneth Fielding - Obituaries, News". London: The Independent. 2005-06-06. Retrieved 2011-01-25.
  6. ↑ Parry, Jann. "MacMillan, Sir Kenneth (1929–1992)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, January 2008, retrieved 22 November 2014 (subscription or UK public library membership required)
  7. ↑
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