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Thomas Clarkson Academy

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Sponsored academy

Corporation Road, Wisbech PE13 2SE · thomasclarksonacademy.org · 01945 585237

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Jan 2020
GCSEs, 2024/25
37.4
average Attainment 8 score. Cambridgeshire 48.1, England 46
Last distance offered
2.42 mi
3.89 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Criterion 4CF · Cambridgeshire Council
Demand for places
1.1
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,295
90% of 1,440 places
Local authority
Cambridgeshire
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
43.7%
First language not English
32.4%
School census 2025/26
Trust
The Brooke Weston Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, the last place offered under “Criterion 4CF” went to a home 2.42 mi (3.89 km) from the school. Source: Cambridgeshire Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 239 families put the school first and 223 places were offered; 89% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

Demand for places

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 227 (Places 244)227September 2023: 247 (Places 245)247September 2024: 244 (Places 218)244September 2025: 221 (Places 222)221September 2026: 239 (Places 223)239Places 223
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262232391.1▲89%
September 2025Sept 2025222221191%
September 2024Sept 20242182441.1▲79%
September 2023Sept 20232452471▲93%
September 2022Sept 20222442270.9100%

Last distance offered

Year 7 – Criterion 4CFDistance
September 20262.42 mi3.89 km

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 37.4, and 28.2% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Cambridgeshire it was 48.1, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C- (27.5 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 37.7 (England 46.3)37.72017/18: 37.8 (England 46.5)37.82018/19: 38.0 (England 46.7)38.02021/22: 40.1 (England 48.8)40.12022/23: 37.0 (England 46.3)37.02023/24: 36.9 (England 45.9)36.92024/25: 37.4 (England 46.0)37.4England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼37.446.0
▼28.2%45.4%
▼51.8%64.8%
▼14.1%40.5%
▼3.054.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form17.3−5
Further education64.9+6.4
Apprenticeship2.6+1
Employment3−0.7
Not in a lasting destination8.7−0.9
Activity not captured3.5+0.3

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 18.0 (England 30.5)D-2016/17: 18.5 (England 31.1)D2017/18: 22.0 (England 32.1)D+2018/19: 20.4 (England 32.9)D2021/22: 36.1 (England 37.9)B-2022/23: 33.5 (England 34.2)C+2023/24: 31.1 (England 34.4)C2024/25: 27.5 (England 35.0)C-England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
47 studentsC- (27.5)Below average -0.46
48 studentsC- (27.4)Below average -0.48
31 studentsDist+ (38.6)Average +0.27
21.1%AAB or better
90%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2444C (31.1)-0.41
2022/2343C+ (33.5)—
2021/2240B- (36.1)—
2018/1960D (20.4)-0.69
2017/1853D+ (22)-0.04
2016/1744D (18.5)-0.17
2015/1646D- (18)+0.17

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University57.4−7.7
Further education4.3—
Apprenticeship4.3−0.4
Employment21.3+0.4
Not in a lasting destination10.6+3.6
Activity not captured2.1−0.2

Ofsted

Thomas Clarkson Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 21 January 2020, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Jan 2025 found: Standards maintained.

Outcome
Standards maintained
Inspected
28 Jan 2025
Ungraded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2020

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Jan 2020Good
    Quality of educationGood
    Behaviour and attitudesGood
    Personal developmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    Sixth formGood
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Nov 2017Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Mar 2016Inadequate
    Outcomes for pupilsInadequate
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentInadequate
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement
    SafeguardingEffective

What parents said

67% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (73 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
67%
Replies
73
5% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▼70% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼64% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼61% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼76% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼71% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼54% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼69% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼86% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▼86% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▼63% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼58% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 89% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼32% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 53% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼36% agreeEngland 67%

based on 25 parents (34%) with SEND

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