Schools in Wisbech
Wisbech has 39 schools spread across a boundary zone where Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire and Norfolk meet. Because the town sits at the edge of three local authority areas, which council coordinates admissions depends on exactly which side of the boundary your address falls. Most Wisbech town schools are administered by Cambridgeshire County Council, but families in villages to the north and east may fall under Norfolk or Lincolnshire.
Cambridgeshire uses a combination of sibling priority and straight-line distance as tiebreakers for community schools. Wisbech Grammar School is a selective independent school, while secondary admissions in the state sector are coordinated by the county. The Cambridgeshire admissions round deadline is typically in mid-January for September entry, with a separate Hampshire-style rural supplementary form for faith schools.
School demand in Wisbech
Across the 36 schools in Wisbech with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 85%. 6 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
8 schools in Wisbech have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
20 of the schools in Wisbech are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Cambridgeshire, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
22 of the schools in Wisbech have a current Ofsted rating, of which 22 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Wisbech: 6 oversubscribed (26)
Townley Primary School
Primary · Community school
Wisbech · PE14 9NA
Friday Bridge Community Primary School
Primary · Community school
Wisbech · PE14 0HW
Beaupre Community Primary School
Primary · Community school
Wisbech · PE14 8RH
Alderman Payne Primary School
Primary · Community school
Wisbech · PE13 4JA
Clarkson Infants School
Primary · Community school
Wisbech · PE13 2ES
Kinderley Primary School
Primary · Community school
Wisbech · PE13 5LG
The Tydd St Mary Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Wisbech · PE13 5QY
Terrington St John Primary School
Primary · Community school
Wisbech · PE14 7SG
Walpole Highway Primary School
Primary · Community school
Wisbech · PE14 7QQ
West Walton Community Primary School
Primary · Community school
Wisbech · PE14 7HA
Leverington Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Wisbech · PE13 5DE
Peckover Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Wisbech · PE13 1PJ
Ramnoth Junior School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Wisbech · PE13 2JB
The Nene Infant & Nursery School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Wisbech · PE13 2AP
St Peter's CofE Aided Junior School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Wisbech · PE13 2ES
Anthony Curton CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Wisbech · PE14 7NG
Marshland St James Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Wisbech · PE14 8EY
Elm Road Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Wisbech · PE13 2TB
Wisbech St Mary CofE Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Wisbech · PE13 4RJ
Elm CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Wisbech · PE14 0AG
Orchards Church of England Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Wisbech · PE13 3NP
Upwell Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Wisbech · PE14 9EW
Guyhirn CofE VC Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Wisbech · PE13 4ED
Emneth Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Wisbech · PE14 8AY
Murrow Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Wisbech · PE13 4HD
Gorefield Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Wisbech · PE13 4NB
Secondary Schools in Wisbech (3)
Thomas Clarkson Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led
Wisbech · PE13 2SE
Marshland High School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led
Wisbech · PE14 7HA
The Wisbech Academy
Secondary · Free schools
Wisbech · PE13 2RU
Other Schools in Wisbech (10)
Emneth Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority nursery school
Wisbech · PE14 8AY
On Track Education Wisbech
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Wisbech · PE13 2RJ
The Old School House
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Wisbech · PE14 0HA
Cambian Wisbech School
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Wisbech · PE13 1JF
Shelldene House School
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Wisbech · PE14 0HJ
Begdale House School
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Wisbech · PE14 0AZ
Cambian Home Tree School
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Wisbech · PE14 0LP
OA - Nene Valley
Not applicable · Academy alternative provision converter
Wisbech · PE13 2FP
Meadowgate Academy
Not applicable · Academy special converter
Wisbech · PE13 2JH
Walnut Tree School Ltd
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Wisbech · PE13 5BL
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Wisbech are set by Cambridgeshire and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.