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The Wisbech Academy

Weasenham Lane, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 2RU

State-funded
Secondary
Ages 11–16
Mixed

Overview

The Wisbech Academy is a state-funded school (free schools) in Wisbech, East of England, for pupils aged 11–16. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.

School details

Official establishment type
Free schools
Establishment group
Free Schools
Phase of education
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–16
Gender of entry
Mixed
Boarding
No boarders
Sixth form
No
School capacity
600
Pupils on roll
205
URN
150783

Admissions

Admissions policy
Non-selective
Local authority
Cambridgeshire
Academy trust or group
THE BROOKE WESTON TRUST

Contact the school or your local authority for catchment and application deadlines.

School places

DfE school capacity survey · May 2025 (2024/25)

Capacity at survey date
600
Pupils on roll
97
Unfilled places at survey date
503

A dated snapshot from the Department for Education school capacity survey, separate from the school details above. Unfilled places at the survey date do not mean places are currently available for admission. About this data

Official admissions data

Applications & demand

Preferences expressed by families through coordinated admissions, shown over time.

2026/27 admissions · Year 7

First preferences
54

Times the school was named as a family's first preference.

Total preferences
177

All recorded preference positions for this school.

Offers made
99

Offers recorded through coordinated admissions, not physical capacity.

First preferences compared with offers

0.55 first preferences per offer

54 first preferences and 99 offers were recorded for 2026/27.

What does this mean?

This is the Department for Education's own published comparison of first preferences with total offers recorded. It indicates the level of requests made through coordinated admissions. Offers are not necessarily the school's maximum capacity, admissions arrangements vary between local authorities, the figure is not a measure of school quality, and it should not be used on its own to judge the likelihood of gaining a place.

First preferences over time

Latest five available admissions years. Missing years are not estimated.

Admissions history

Admissions yearFirst preferencesTotal preferencesOffers made
2026/275417799
2025/264417299

Source: Department for Education · Applications and offers data.

Location

Address
Weasenham Lane, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 2RU
Local authority
Cambridgeshire

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