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Neale-Wade Academy

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,130Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 139272URN

Wimblington Road, March, PE15 9PX · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Category of concern: Requires significant improvement

Report card · inspected Jan 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.2per place
0.5 below Cambridgeshire median (1.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Cambridgeshire

256 applications for 223 places · 32nd of 34 in Cambridgeshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
36.7of 90
34th of 34 in Cambridgeshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Ofsted category of concern: Requires significant improvement

Report card · inspected 13 January 2026Published 20 April 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementUrgent improvement
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 13 January 2026
    Report card · 3 Expected standard, 3 Needs attention, 1 Urgent improvement
  2. 31 October 2023
    Graded inspection: Requires improvement

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
1.2applications per place, Year 7
0.5 below Cambridgeshire median (1.6) 1.1 below England median (2.2)

256 applications · 223 places offered · 214 named it first

  1. 2026 1.2; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
  2. 2025 1.1; Cambridgeshire median median 1.7
  3. 2024 1.0; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
  4. 2023 1.0; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
  5. 2022 1.3; Cambridgeshire median median 1.5
  6. 2021 1.2; Cambridgeshire median median 1.5
  7. 2020 1.2; Cambridgeshire median median 1.5
  8. 2019 1.3; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
  9. 2018 1.4; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
  10. 2017 1.3; Cambridgeshire median median 1.5
  11. 2016 1.5; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
  12. 2015 1.5; Cambridgeshire median median 1.6
  13. 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262232561.22140.96
Sep 20252172471.11910.88
Sep 20242632681.01920.73
Sep 20232792831.01990.71
Sep 20222303061.32220.97
Sep 20212392911.22200.92
Sep 20202553161.22330.91
Sep 20192483171.32150.87
Sep 20182443431.42090.86
Sep 20172533401.32450.97
Sep 20161902841.51870.98
Sep 20151932911.51920.99
Sep 20142303061.32280.99

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

215 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)36.734th of 34 in Cambridgeshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths30%34th of 34 in Cambridgeshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths51%
  • This school
  • Cambridgeshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.73
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)21536.730%51%–
2024/2523234.824%44%–
2023/2425134.027%47%−0.73
2022/2323937.124%51%−0.65

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

  • 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
139272 · 873/4003
Trust
The Active Learning Trust Limited
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,758 pupils · 1,130 on roll
Free school meals
38.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 April 2013
Replaced
The Neale-Wade Community College (URN 110884)
Address
Wimblington Road, March, PE15 9PX
Local authority
Cambridgeshire · Fenland

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