Newmarket Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D53
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Newmarket, CB8 0EB
- Distance
- 9.7km away
Soham Village College
Sand Street, Soham, Ely, CB7 5AA
Local ranking5th of 34 secondary schools in Cambridgeshire
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1350
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 19 June 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 52.5 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 54.4% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 75.2% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 274
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 96.0%
- Continued in education
- 87.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1432
- Boys
- 750 (52%)
- Girls
- 686 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1350 (106% full)
- SEND
- 16.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 19.0%
- EAL
- 10.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.1%
- SEN Support
- 11.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 85.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,214/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 18.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 83.3%
- White Other: 8.9%
- Mixed Other: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.3%
- Black African: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.7%
- Asian Other: 0.6%
83.3%
White British
8.9%
White Other
1.4%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Sand Street
Ely, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 136610
- UKPRN
- 10033224
- Establishment No.
- 5415
- Trust
- ANGLIAN LEARNING
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