Acle Academy
Academy converter · 709 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.9
Academy sponsor led
Caister Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 657of 805 places
- Free school meals
- 38.8%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 109
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 29 November 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Caister High School (URN 121220, until 10 September 2014).
What the data says
Caister Academy has no sixth form. Of the 145 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 37% moved to a sixth form college, 46% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 37% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Photography is unusually popular at GCSE: 30% of the year group took it, against 6% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 49.4 against 46.1 across England and 45.2 in Norfolk, with 47% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Norfolk and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Caister Academy | Norfolk | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 145 | 8,553 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 91% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 83% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 1% | 33% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 37% | 7% | 13% |
| — further education college | 46% | 43% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Caister Academy | Norfolk | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 49.4 | 45.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 47% | 45% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 68% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 17% | 43% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.02 | 4.05 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 40% | 25% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 45.4 | 34.1 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 52.2 | 48.8 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 9% | 12% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 107 | 98% | 88% | 17% | 22% | 71% |
| English Language | 107 | 98% | 89% | 17% | 20% | 75% |
| English Literature | 107 | 98% | 86% | 13% | 21% | 83% |
| Combined Science | 106 | 97% | 65% | 12% | 9% | 69% |
| Geography | 62 | 57% | 41% | 21% | 25% | 68% |
| History | 41 | 38% | 41% | 24% | 26% | 63% |
| Drama | 34 | 31% | 7% | 21% | 27% | 79% |
| Photography | 33 | 30% | 6% | 21% | 19% | 76% |
| Fine Art | 25 | 23% | 9% | 40% | 28% | 80% |
| German | 16 | 15% | 5% | 0% | 33% | 63% |
| Computer Science | 12 | 11% | 13% | 8% | 30% | 67% |
| French | 9 | 8% | 18% | 22% | 29% | 78% |
| Spanish | 9 | 8% | 19% | 67% | 27% | 89% |
| Portuguese | 2 | 2% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 38 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 33 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 26 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 21 | — | — |
| Finance / Accounting (General) | 20 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 18 | — | — |
| Sports / Movement Science | 15 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 6 | — | — |
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.