Bure Park Specialist Academy
Special schoolBure Park Specialist Academy is a special school in Great Yarmouth, for pupils aged 5 to 16. It had 87 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Good (overall), November 2023
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 28 November 2023
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 0% of pupils at Bure Park Specialist Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 56% in Norfolk and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Norfolk | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 56% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 88 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 86 | 103 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Great Yarmouth | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 42.2 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 36.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 57.1% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 4 | – | – |
- Bure Park Specialist Academy teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Northgate Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade. 37% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)660 m
- Great Yarmouth Charter AcademySecondary. School remains Good, June 2024. Attainment 8 of 41.8 (2025/26, provisional)680 m
- North Denes Primary School and NurseryPrimary. Good (overall), January 2023. 48% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)680 m
- St Nicholas Priory CofE VA Primary School and NurseryPrimary. School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, July 2024. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.5 km
- Novaturient SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file1.6 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Great Yarmouth
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).