The Wisbech Academy
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Wisbech, PE13 2RU
- Distance
- 0.5km away
Thomas Clarkson Academy
Corporation Road, Wisbech, PE13 2SE
Local ranking30th of 34 secondary schools in Cambridgeshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1440
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 21 January 2020. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 38.3 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 31.9% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 49.6% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 238
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 89.0%
- Continued in education
- 80.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 7.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 80.0%
- Higher education
- 53.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 24.0%
- Not sustained
- 16.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C-
Avg A-Level Grade
27.4
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
30.9
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
47
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 21.1% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 38.6
- 16-18 Cohort
- 95
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1349
- Boys
- 622 (48%)
- Girls
- 673 (52%)
- Capacity
- 1440 (90% full)
- SEND
- 19.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 41.4%
- EAL
- 30.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.8%
- SEN Support
- 14.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 13.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 99.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,290/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
- 10.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 32.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 62.4%
- White Other: 30.1%
- Gypsy/Roma: 1.4%
- Black African: 1.4%
- Mixed Other: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.8%
- Black Other: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.5%
62.4%
White British
30.1%
White Other
1.4%
Gypsy/Roma
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Corporation Road
Wisbech, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 137867
- UKPRN
- 10036422
- Establishment No.
- 4000
- Trust
- THE BROOKE WESTON TRUST
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