Martham Academy and Nursery

Academy converter·Primary school Great Yarmouth, Norfolk·NR29 4PR
Composite score
26.6
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#13,854
National rank
#1550
In East of England
#228
In Norfolk
Top 94%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
41%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
28 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
0.93
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
46
any preference, for 30 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.07
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0320221.0020231.0020241.0020250.932026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Martham Academy and Nursery first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
2–11
Pupils on roll
334
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
18.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
6.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
12.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,835
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Martham Academy and Nursery at a glance

Located in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Martham Academy and Nursery is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 334 pupils aged 2 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 41% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That is down 26.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 101 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Martham Academy and Nursery was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 28 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.3%. There are about 22.2 pupils per teacher. Martham Academy and Nursery does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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