Martham Academy and Nursery

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 2-11
Religion Unknown
Address Black Street
Martham
Great Yarmouth
Norfolk
NR29 4PR
Phone 01493740071
Reference Number 136356

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.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 334
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 54.19%
Girls: 45.81%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 17.1%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 7.5%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 25.5
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 22.8
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 27.8

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 22 19 41
2 19 10 29
3 25 21 46
4 15 16 31
5 23 21 44
6 24 22 46

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 89.8%
Asian, Other 3.6%
White, Other 1.8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.2%
White & Asian 1.2%
Unclassified 0.9%
Caribbean 0.6%
Indian 0.3%
White & Black (African) 0.3%
Mixed, Other 0.3%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 19 Apr 2023
Date Report
19 Apr 2023 School inspection
18 Oct 2017 Full inspection:
29 Apr 2016 Monitoring visit
14 Oct 2015 Full inspection:
22 May 2013 Full inspection:
14 Feb 2012 Academy conversion letter
07 Jan 2011 Interim assessment
09 Jul 2008 Full inspection:
Previously as Martham Foundation Primary School and Nursery
09 Jul 2008 Full inspection:

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.

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 41%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 0%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 101
Maths 101

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 0.4
Writing 1.8
Maths 0

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 13 0
Third Preference 6 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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