Overall Oxbridge
#471
1 ranked schools · +443 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
2
Offers
1
Offer rate50.0%
+27.6 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%
Long the hub of fenland commerce, Wisbech is a market town and inland port shaped by Georgian architecture and the tidal River Nene flowing through Cambridgeshire's north-eastern corner. The parade of Georgian houses along North Brink, including Peckover House and the National Trust Crescent, marks the town's heritage quarter beside Wisbech Castle. With around 32,000 residents, Wisbech anchors the Isle of Ely's medieval administrative legacy.
Families seeking primary places favour Wisbech and Tydd St Mary as strong school-catchment neighbourhoods, with Guyhirn, Wisbech St Mary and West Walton forming the wider residential belt. Regional rail connections serve Norwich and Cambridge.
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Area Performance
Across 30 primary, secondary and sixth-form schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 7.32/10, -0.07 vs England.
Find My School Inspection Band
Distribution across all Wisbech schools
Wisbech vs England distribution
National Rank
Across all ranked Wisbech schools
top 67% of 14,978
top 67% of 14,978
top 79% of 3,862
top 79% of 3,862
top 74% of 2,555
top 74% of 2,555
Overall Oxbridge
1 ranked schools · +443 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
2
Offers
1
Cambridge
1 ranked schools · +409 places vs Eng avg #773 of 1,881
Applications
2
Offers
1
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