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==Education== There are a number of [[primary school]]s in the area serving Gorleston and the wider locality. [[Secondary school]]s include [[Cliff Park Ormiston Academy]], [[Lynn Grove Academy]] and [[Ormiston Venture Academy]]. [[East Norfolk Sixth Form College]] is located in Gorleston. It is a major [[sixth form]] provider in Norfolk, attracting students from a wide area. ===East Anglian School for Deaf and Blind Children=== The East Anglian School for Deaf and Blind Children (for deaf children and for blind children) was established in Gorleston in 1912 and based there until it closed in 1985.<ref>{{cite web|title=East Anglian School for the Deaf and Blind|url=http://norfolkdeafhistory.org.uk/images/history/history8.gif|website=Norfolk Deaf History|access-date=9 April 2015|format=GIF image|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419083410/http://norfolkdeafhistory.org.uk/images/history/history8.gif|archive-date=19 April 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> During the [[Second World War]] the school was [[Evacuations of civilians in Britain during World War II|evacuated]] to [[Aberpergwm House]] in [[Glynneath]], Wales.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Gosse|first1=Peter|title=EAS moved to Wales During the War 1940β1945|url=http://norfolkdeafhistory.org.uk/database/images/DH0178.pdf|website=Norfolk Deaf History|access-date=9 April 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419081711/http://norfolkdeafhistory.org.uk/database/images/DH0178.pdf|archive-date=19 April 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The headmaster's house in Gorleston was severely damaged by bombing in 1941.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Clapham|first1=Lucy|title=Blue plaque marks the spot of important Gorleston landmark|url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/blue_plaque_marks_the_spot_of_important_gorleston_landmark_1_1737146|access-date=15 November 2014|work=East Anglian Daily Press|date=10 December 2012|archive-date=29 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129011547/http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/blue_plaque_marks_the_spot_of_important_gorleston_landmark_1_1737146|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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