Academy sponsor led · Cambridgeshire

Thomas Clarkson Academy

11–18Ages
1,295Pupils
SecondaryPhase
Sixth formAges 16–18
137867URN

Corporation Road, Wisbech, PE13 2SE · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodJan 2020

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Jan 2025

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.5per place

close to Cambridgeshire median (1.6)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Cambridgeshire

324 applications for 223 places · 21st of 34 in Cambridgeshire

Every year since 2014

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

38.3of 90

Cambridgeshire 49.0 England 46.0

33rd of 34 in Cambridgeshire

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodJan 2020

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Jan 2025

The graded inspection, 21 January 2020Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Sixth form provision		Good

Inspection history

29 January 2025
Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
21 January 2020
Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

1.5applications per place, Year 7

close to Cambridgeshire median (1.6) 0.8 below England median (2.2)

324 applications · 223 places offered · 239 named it first

2026 1.5; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
2025 1.6; Cambridgeshire median median 1.7
2024 1.5; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
2023 1.3; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
2022 1.2; Cambridgeshire median median 1.5
2021 1.1; Cambridgeshire median median 1.5
2020 1.1; Cambridgeshire median median 1.5
2019 1.1; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
2018 1.2; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
2017 1.1; Cambridgeshire median median 1.5
2016 1.2; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
2015 1.2; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
2014 1.3; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6

More applications per place than the Cambridgeshire median in 0 of 13 years.

This school
Cambridgeshire median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	223	324	1.5	239	1.07
Sep 2025	222	353	1.6	221	1.00
Sep 2024	218	336	1.5	244	1.12
Sep 2023	245	315	1.3	247	1.01
Sep 2022	244	300	1.2	227	0.93
Sep 2021	256	286	1.1	241	0.94
Sep 2020	250	277	1.1	208	0.83
Sep 2019	234	258	1.1	193	0.82
Sep 2018	213	249	1.2	169	0.79
Sep 2017	184	198	1.1	139	0.76
Sep 2016	214	248	1.2	205	0.96
Sep 2015	194	240	1.2	190	0.98
Sep 2014	179	230	1.3	170	0.95

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

238 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)38.333rd of 34 in Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire 49.0 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths32%33rd of 34 in Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire 51% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths50%

Cambridgeshire 71% England 66%

This school
Cambridgeshire median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.23

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	238	38.3	32%	50%	–
2024/25	255	37.4	28%	52%	–
2023/24	231	36.9	24%	51%	−0.23
2022/23	222	37.0	30%	53%	0.00

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Thomas Clarkson AcademyThis school
This school

Standards maintained2025

1.5applications per place 38.3Attainment 8
The Wisbech Academy
0.5 km · Cambridgeshire

Not yet inspected

1.8applications per place
Marshland High School
4.8 km · Norfolk

Remains Good2024

1.8applications per place 43.3Attainment 8
Neale-Wade Academy
14.1 km · Cambridgeshire

Requires significant improvement 2026

1.2applications per place 36.7Attainment 8
St Clement's High School
14.9 km · Norfolk

Remains Good2023

1.6applications per place 43.6Attainment 8
University Academy Long Sutton
15.6 km · Lincolnshire

Requires significant improvement 2026

1.7applications per place 34.0Attainment 8
Downham Market Academy
16.1 km · Norfolk

Good2022

1.3applications per place 42.5Attainment 8
University Academy Holbeach
19.9 km · Lincolnshire

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.7applications per place 38.7Attainment 8
King's Lynn Academy
20.1 km · Norfolk

2026

2.1applications per place 41.0Attainment 8

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Secondary
URN · DfE number: 137867 · 873/4000
Trust: The Brooke Weston Trust
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Capacity: 1,440 pupils · 1,295 on roll
Free school meals: 43.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision: Resourced provision
Opened: 1 June 2012
Replaced: Thomas Clarkson Community College (URN 135192); The Queen's School (URN 110896)
Address: Corporation Road, Wisbech, PE13 2SE
Local authority: Cambridgeshire · Fenland

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources