[3] The current academy building was designed by Basil Champneys and opened in 1906 by King Edward VII.

[6] Following the report, the school appointed its first female head teacher, Ms Sarah Hartshorn.

In 2021, King Edward VII Academy joined the Inspiration Trust, who opened a new Ofsted record for it.

In Key Stage 4 and the students study subjects that will be examined by the GCSE exams at 16, this consists of a core of double English, Maths and Science, a choice of a humanity and a modern language which will be Spanish or French.

[4] The principal, who had acted as an executive headteacher to support another local secondary school, returned full-time to King Edward VII Academy, alongside a number of other senior leaders in March 2017.

The school met the floor standards set by the Department for Education for the achievement of pupils in Year 11 in 2016.

The school does not comply with Department for Education guidance on what academies should publish on their website, and does not meet requirements on the publication of information about pupil premium, Year 7 catch-up funding or ensuring that all policies refer to the correct academy trust.

School information and inspection evidence indicates that current most-able pupils are making stronger progress, than their less able peers.

Leaders have acknowledged the poor performance of these pupils in 2016, and have quickly implemented a series of actions to support them more effectively.

The 'monitoring of pupils' progress and the targeting of the additional funding is not precise enough assess its exact impact, especially at key stage 3.

Former pupils of the predecessor grammar schools, King Edward VII and the Lynn Grammar School, include: Captain George Vancouver; Captain Manby, whose rocket apparatus for ship-to-shore rescues was used by HM Coastguard until recently; the Rev Somerset Walpole (later a bishop), England cricketer and former Captain of Middlesex Peter Parfitt; field hockey coach Danny Kerry, Performance Director for UK & GB Men's & Women's Hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics.