Neale-Wade Academy
Wimblington Road, March, PE15 9PX
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE ACTIVE LEARNING TRUST LIMITED
- Executive Principal
- Mr Graham Horn
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- The Active Learning Trust Limited
- Constituency
- North East Cambridgeshire
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,758
- Pupils on roll
- 1,130
- URN
- 139272
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01354606000
About this school
Neale-Wade Academy is a secondary academy in March. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,130 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Urgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: requires significant improvement.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 239 | 251 | 232 |
| Attainment 8 score | 37.1 | 34.0 | 34.8 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.65 -0.83 to -0.47 | -0.73 -0.90 to -0.55 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 24% | 27.1% | 23.7% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 51% | 47% | 43.5% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 33% | 35.5% | 34.9% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Neale-Wade Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Cambridgeshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 37.1 | 38.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 34 | 38 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 34.8 | 36.7 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 13.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,333 |
| 2023/24 | 1,303 |
| 2024/25 | 1,222 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Neale-Wade Academy compares
Neale-Wade Academy ranked 34th of 34 secondary schools in Cambridgeshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 27% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 8% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 34.8 | 10% | 38.4% | 1,130 | — |
| The Wisbech Academy | — | 10.6% | 40.2% | 205 | 8.6 miles |
| Thomas Clarkson Academy | 37.4 | 10.9% | 41.4% | 1,295 | 8.8 miles |
| Sir Harry Smith Community College | 40.6 | 11.6% | 25.5% | 1,084 | 8.8 miles |
| Abbey College, Ramsey | 46.1 | 7% | 26.5% | 1,096 | 10.0 miles |
| Vista Academy Littleport | 38.8 | 8.9% | 29.3% | 547 | 10.1 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report13 January 2026
- 31 October 2023
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 38.42%
- English as an additional language
- 9.7%
- Overall absence
- 9.98%
- Persistent absence
- 27.59%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Wisbech Academy8.6 miles
Secondary · Wisbech
-
Thomas Clarkson Academy8.8 miles
Secondary · Wisbech
-
Sir Harry Smith Community College8.8 miles
Secondary · Peterborough
-
Abbey College, Ramsey10.0 miles
Secondary · Ramsey
-
Vista Academy Littleport10.1 miles
Secondary · Ely
Other schools in March
- All Saints Interchurch Academy Primary
- Benwick Primary School Primary
- Burrowmoor Primary Academy Primary
- Cavalry Primary School Primary
- Lionel Walden Primary School Primary
- Thomas Eaton Primary Academy Primary
- Westwood Primary School Primary
- The Sage School Special schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Neale-Wade Academy teach?
- Neale-Wade Academy teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in March.
- Who is the executive principal of Neale-Wade Academy?
- The executive principal of Neale-Wade Academy is Mr Graham Horn, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Neale-Wade Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Neale-Wade Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Neale-Wade Academy?
- Neale-Wade Academy has 1,130 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Neale-Wade Academy full?
- Neale-Wade Academy has capacity for 1,758 pupils and 1,130 on roll (64%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Neale-Wade Academy a faith school?
- No. Neale-Wade Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Neale-Wade Academy a selective school?
- No. Neale-Wade Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Neale-Wade Academy?
- Neale-Wade Academy is part of THE ACTIVE LEARNING TRUST LIMITED. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Neale-Wade Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 37.1 in 2022/23 and 34.8 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Neale-Wade Academy rank locally?
- Neale-Wade Academy ranked 34th of 34 secondary schools in Cambridgeshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 27% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 8% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Neale-Wade Academy's absence rate?
- Neale-Wade Academy's overall absence rate is 10% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Neale-Wade Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Neale-Wade Academy's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.