Overall Oxbridge
#257
1 ranked schools · +657 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
34
Offers
5
Offer rate14.7%
-7.7 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%
Norfolk's principal coastal resort and offshore energy hub, Great Yarmouth straddles the River Yare where it meets the North Sea, twenty miles east of Norwich. From herring fleets that once made it one of England's busiest fishing ports to the North Sea oil rigs of the 1960s and a growing offshore wind sector, the town has reinvented its working character more than once. Gorleston-on-Sea, the quieter residential quarter to the south, is among the most school-competitive corners of the borough, while Caister-on-Sea, on the northern edge, similarly draws families weighing primary catchments. Southtown and Ormesby St Margaret extend the residential offer inland. The Victorian seafront runs from Wellington Pier to Britannia Pier, with the cast-iron Winter Garden and the Hippodrome Circus anchoring the promenade; the town counts around 29,000 residents. Greater Anglia trains reach Norwich in roughly thirty minutes.
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1
Post-16
colleges
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Area Performance
Across 34 primary and secondary schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 6.86/10, -0.50 vs England.
Find My School Inspection Band
Distribution across all Great Yarmouth schools
Great Yarmouth vs England distribution
National Rank
Across all ranked Great Yarmouth schools
top 69% of 14,978
top 69% of 14,978
top 73% of 3,862
top 73% of 3,862
Overall Oxbridge
1 ranked schools · +657 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
34
Offers
5
Oxford
1 ranked schools · -34 places vs Eng avg #253 of 1,198
Applications
13
Offers
0
Cambridge
1 ranked schools · +628 places vs Eng avg #773 of 1,881
Applications
21
Offers
5
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