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Caister Academy
Context
Principal
Miss Helen Seath
Executive Principal
Mr Ben Driver
Multi-school
Age range
11-16
Status
Academy Sponsor Led
Type
Secondary
DfE Number
4017
Contact details
Address
Caister Academy
Windsor Road
Caister-on-sea
Great Yarmouth
Norfolk
NR30 5LS
Telephone
01493 720542
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Areas
School & Community Zone
LA Area
North & East
Diocese
Not Applicable
Councillor division
Caister-on-Sea
District
Great Yarmouth
Councillor
Penny Carpenter (Conservative)
Ofsted
Ofsted outcome
Last inspection
16/01/2018
Pupil numbers
Number on Roll (January 2024)
679
Planned admission numbers (2023/24)
165
Planned admission numbers (2024/25)
150
SEND Provision
Mixed year groups
All
School visits
  • Individual visits
  • Group visits
  • Virtual tour
  • Open evenings
Transition support
  • Bespoke Transition package
  • Small group visits
  • Large group visits
  • Transition week
Facilities
  • Inclusive before school provision
  • Inclusive after school provision
Mental health support
  • Qualified counsellor
  • Emotional literacy support assistant (ELSA)
Curriculum Offer
Number on Roll (NOR) detail
NOR January 2024
Yr 7150
Yr 8139
Yr 9124
Yr 10124
Yr 11141
Yr 121
Total679
Admissions policy

School admission policy : 2023/24 (Agreed)

THIS SCHOOL WAS NOT OVER-SUBSCRIBED FOR SEPTEMBER 2022

In the event of over-subscription, where there are more applications than there are places available, the following priorities will be used, in order, to allocate places:

1. Looked after children, or a child who was previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption order, residence, or special guardianship order. .

2 A fair banding system will be adopted for the remaining places. Each applicant will be required to take an online non-verbal reasoning test which would place them in a rank order. The applicants will then be placed in one of 5 ability bands based on their performance in the test. As far as are possible, each band will contain the same number of applicants so that each represents 20% of the applicants. The remaining places will be allocated so that an equivalent number of applicants are admitted from each band. Applicants will then be admitted according to the criteria listed below.

3 Siblings of pupils in attendance at the Academy in Year 7 to Year 11. These include brothers and sisters, half brothers and sisters and step brothers and sisters who share the same home. These also include adopted and foster brothers and sisters who share the same home.

4 Children for whom Caister Academy is the only school that is appropriate for the child to attend because of the child’s medical needs, or because of a serious and ongoing medical condition of one or both of their parents which would prevent the parents being able to make arrangements to take their child to and from any other school, will be allocated places under this priority.


A decision on whether to admit a child under this priority will be made by the Admissions Panel of Caister Academy, who will take care to apply a consistent approach to all such applications received. .

5 Pupils in the transfer age group at Caister Junior, North Denes, Great Yarmouth, Filby, Ormesby Junior, Hemsby, Winterton, St Nicholas Priory CE VA, St Georges, and Edward Worlledge Primary Schools.

6 Pupils living within the catchment area of Caister upon Sea, Filby, Ormesby, Winterton, Hemsby, Fleggburgh, Great Yarmouth and Southtown.

7 Pupils living outside of the catchment area.

If priorities have to be decided within any of these categories, children will be placed in order of priority using distance from their home to the main entrance of the academy as measured by straight line. .

Show School admission policy : 2024/25 (Agreed)

School admission policy : 2024/25 (Agreed)

THIS SCHOOL WAS NOT OVER-SUBSCRIBED FOR SEPTEMBER 2023

In the event of over-subscription, where there are more applications than there are places available, the following priorities will be used, in order, to allocate places:

1. Looked after children, or a child who was previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption order, residence, or special guardianship order. .

2 A fair banding system will be adopted for the remaining places. Each applicant will be required to take an online non-verbal reasoning test which would place them in a rank order. The applicants will then be placed in one of 5 ability bands based on their performance in the test. As far as are possible, each band will contain the same number of applicants so that each represents 20% of the applicants. The remaining places will be allocated so that an equivalent number of applicants are admitted from each band. Applicants will then be admitted according to the criteria listed below.

3 Siblings of pupils in attendance at the Academy in Year 7 to Year 11. These include brothers and sisters, half brothers and sisters and step brothers and sisters who share the same home. These also include adopted and foster brothers and sisters who share the same home.

4 Children for whom Caister Academy is the only school that is appropriate for the child to attend because of the child’s medical needs, or because of a serious and ongoing medical condition of one or both of their parents which would prevent the parents being able to make arrangements to take their child to and from any other school, will be allocated places under this priority.


A decision on whether to admit a child under this priority will be made by the Admissions Panel of Caister Academy, who will take care to apply a consistent approach to all such applications received. .

5 Pupils in the transfer age group at Caister Junior, North Denes, Great Yarmouth, Filby, Ormesby Junior, Hemsby, Winterton, St Nicholas Priory CE VA, St Georges, and Edward Worlledge Primary Schools.

6 Pupils living within the catchment area of Caister upon Sea, Filby, Ormesby, Winterton, Hemsby, Fleggburgh, Great Yarmouth and Southtown.

7 Pupils living outside of the catchment area.

If priorities have to be decided within any of these categories, children will be placed in order of priority using distance from their home to the main entrance of the academy as measured by straight line. .

Show School admission policy : 2023/24 (Agreed)