Downham Market Academy

About Downham Market Academy

Graded as "Good" in all areas by Ofsted in April 2022 - inspectors highlighted the strong ethos and curriculum at the school.

• Co-educational, 11-18 mixed comprehensive with approximately 1100 students, including 100 in the Sixth Form in the town of Downham Market, Norfolk.
• Now part of The Eastern Learning Alliance, a visionary and unique multi academy trust where there is a strong sense of community and collaboration.
• Our students really want to learn and are genuinely delightful young people to spend time with.
• We offer an exceptional CPD programme; relocation packages; reduced timetables and an exciting creative environment within which to work.
• Our staff retention rate is excellent as we offer an exceptional environment within which to thrive and enjoy teaching.
• As well as a stimulating curriculum for all students, staff are committed to offering a large number of extracurricular activities.

Values and vision

• Downham Market Academy goes to great lengths to ensure that its pupils show respect and understanding towards each other and their school.
• There is a community-agreed set of basic principles that all students and staff are expected to follow.
• These principles include: respect for their environment; a willingness to learn; acting as role models for the people around them; and being polite and courteous to all.

About Downham Market

• Downham Market is a market town set in beautiful Norfolk, with excellent fast train links to the cultural centres of both Cambridge (33 minutes) and London (1 hour 27 minutes).
• Housing is relatively inexpensive and the area boasts many opportunities for sport and leisure activities.
• Beautiful North Norfolk, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, is only around 45 minutes away and is home to much of The Broads National Park, Britain's largest protected wetland.  The area is great for walking and is a haven for wildlife and birds. North Norfolk is also home to unspoilt, award-winning beaches; market towns and villages boasting eateries, shops and artisans as well as museums, stately homes and places of cultural and historical interest.