# Bure Park Specialist Academy

Bure 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.

Special school. Code E148572. [Great Yarmouth](https://openindex.co.uk/great-yarmouth)

- Phase: Special
- Type: Free schools special
- Ages: 5 to 16
- Pupils: 87
- Council: Great Yarmouth
- URN: 148572

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Good (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
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Northgate Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/northgate-primary-school-e147567): 660 m. Primary. Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade. 37% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Great Yarmouth Charter Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/great-yarmouth-charter-academy-e142883): 680 m. Secondary. School remains Good, June 2024. Attainment 8 of 41.8 (2025/26, provisional)
- [North Denes Primary School and Nursery](https://openindex.co.uk/school/north-denes-primary-school-and-nursery-e120973): 680 m. Primary. Good (overall), January 2023. 48% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Nicholas Priory CofE VA Primary School and Nursery](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-nicholas-priory-cofe-va-primary-school-and-nursery-e121093): 1.5 km. Primary. School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, July 2024. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Novaturient School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/novaturient-school-e138779): 1.6 km. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/148572)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/148572)

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