The Wisbech Academy
Secondary · Free schools · Ages 11–16 · Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2025–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
The Wisbech Academy is a secondary school in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire for ages 11–16 (free schools). Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
The Wisbech Academy catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 every Year 7 applicant was offered a place, as at all 11 other Cambridgeshire secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- For 2026 Year 7 entry, there were 54 first-choice applications for 99 offers, or 0.5 first choices per offer, the 3rd lowest of 32 Cambridgeshire secondary schools.
- There were 205 pupils on roll in January 2026, and the published admission number for Year 7 2026 was 120 places.
- 40% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, compared with a middle figure of 26.7% across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Cambridgeshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Cambridgeshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Weasenham Lane, Wisbech, PE13 2RU
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 205 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 40% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 54 first-preference applications, 99 offers in total, 54 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Cambridgeshire.
- Thomas Clarkson Academy 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Neale-Wade Academy 8.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sir Harry Smith Community College 13.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Vista Academy Littleport 14.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ely College 17.6 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Abbey College, Ramsey 17.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Witchford Village College 18.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Soham Village College 23.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published