OA - Nene Valley, Wisbech

Ofsted's report card from its 9 June 2026 inspection grades OA - Nene Valley on 6 areas: 1 exceptional and 5 strong standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Inclusion - Exceptional. "Inclusion is at the heart of everything that happens here."

Achievement - Strong standard. "Pupils achieve well from often very low starting points."

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Pupils' behaviour across the school is calm, purposeful and positive."

Curriculum and teaching - Strong standard. "Leaders have developed an ambitious and well-sequenced curriculum that consistently meets pupils' complex needs effectively."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "The leadership and governance of this school is excellent."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders place a strong emphasis on pupils' personal development and well-being."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders and governors should ensure that curriculum implementation is continually reviewed and improved leading to sustained, positive outcomes for all pupils".

From the headteacher's welcome: "We believe that our curriculum and the wider experiences we provide at OA-Nene Valley are invaluable to our students' progress and development. As an alternative provision academy, we are able to provide a personalised approach that best meets the needs of each and every student."

Across Cambridgeshire, 88% of families were offered their first-choice secondary school for 2026 entry, and 97% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in Cambridgeshire lodged 380 appeals against secondary school offers; 306 reached a hearing and 92 succeeded (30.1% of those heard).

The nearest other state secondary schools to OA - Nene Valley are The Wisbech Academy (0.6 miles); Thomas Clarkson Academy (0.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 38.3); and Marshland High School (2.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.3).

OA - Nene Valley is one of 6 schools run by Olive Academies, an academy trust.

40% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 0% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 6 pupils (60%) received SEN support and 3 (30%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of OA - Nene Valley.

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Kingsley Avenue (opposite), 200 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood OA - Nene Valley stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 269 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and other theft. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Cambridgeshire (57), as is usual near a town centre.

The primary schools closest to OA - Nene Valley are The Nene Infant & Nursery School (0.5 miles), Elm Road Primary School (0.5 miles), Peckover Primary School (0.6 miles) and Ramnoth Junior School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.