was rated as "good". The main areas of improvement needed were with 'leadership and management', 'behaviour and attendance' and teaching. Notable former pupils Great Yarmouth Grammar School Rt Rev David Edward Bentley, Bishop of Gloucester 1993–2003 Rt Rev Kenneth Bevan, missionary bishop in China 1940-50 Prof Kenneth Fielding, Saintsbury Professor of English Literature 1966–84 at the University of Edinburgh Sir Arthur Hawkins, Chairman of the Central Electricity Generating Board 1972–77 John McDonnell, Labour MP for Hayes and Harlington, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Kenneth MacMillan, choreographer Jack Pateman CBE, avionics engineer for Elliott Brothers, now called BAE Systems Avionics, and a patent holder of fly-by-wire systems Malcolm Sayer, car designer Prof Robert Steel CBE, Vice-Chancellor 1979–81 of Swansea University, President in 1968 of the Institute of British Geographers (merged with the Royal Geographical Society in 1995) Jason Statham, English Actor Great Yarmouth High School for Girls Naomi Lewis, poet, essayist and literary critic References External links Great Yarmouth Charter Academy website Secondary schools in Norfolk Educational institutions established in the 1550s 1551 establishments in England Voluntary aided schools in England