Martham Academy and Nursery

Martham Academy and Nursery continues to perform well, maintaining its good status since the last inspection in 2017. Pupils demonstrate strong work ethics and engage collaboratively in lessons, which supports their successful transition to the next stages of education. The school fosters an environment with high expectations for behavior, resulting in courteous and polite pupils who trust the staff to address any concerns that arise. The curriculum is well-structured, and early years education effectively prepares children for future academic challenges.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve well across a wide range of subjects.
• The school has high expectations for behavior and conduct.
• Pupils are well looked after and feel safe.
• The curriculum is well-designed to support knowledge retention.
• There is strong subject knowledge among staff and effective lesson adaptation based on pupil understanding.
• Effective support is provided for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• The school offers a diverse range of extracurricular activities.

Areas for Improvement

• The promotion of a love for reading is inconsistent in key stage 2.
• Planned experiences for personal development do not always connect meaningfully to pupils' learning.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Martham Academy and Nursery attended 95.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.9% of pupils at Martham Academy and Nursery were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Martham Academy and Nursery had 19.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 15.8% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 12.8% of pupils at Martham Academy and Nursery were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Martham Academy and Nursery received £6,613 and spent £6,848 for each of its 318 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £22,000 (-£69 per pupil).

Across all 18 schools of Broad Horizons Education Trust, income was £8,232 and spending £8,091 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Martham Academy and Nursery is part of Broad Horizons Education Trust, which runs 18 schools. The nearest others:

• Stalham Academy Norwich
• Stalham Infant School and Nursery Norwich
• Bure Park Specialist Academy Great Yarmouth
• Hemblington Primary School Norwich
• East Ruston Infant School & Nursery Norwich
• Dussindale Primary School Norwich
• Thorpe St Andrew School and Sixth Form Norwich
• North Walsham Junior School North Walsham
• North Walsham Infant School North Walsham
• Hillside Avenue Primary and Nursery School, Thorpe Norwich

What is Martham Academy and Nursery's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Martham Academy and Nursery is Good, from an inspection in June 2023.

When was Martham Academy and Nursery last inspected by Ofsted?

Martham Academy and Nursery was last inspected in June 2023.

How many pupils does Martham Academy and Nursery have?

Martham Academy and Nursery has 312 pupils on roll.

What age range does Martham Academy and Nursery cover?

Martham Academy and Nursery for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Martham Academy and Nursery's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 41% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Martham Academy and Nursery?

Martham Academy and Nursery is at Black Street, Martham, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR29 4PR.