Cavalry Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
March · PE15 9EQ · Cambridgeshire
Ages 3–11
- KS239%
- Absence6.8%
- FSM30.2%
0.5 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: Urgent improvementURN 139272
Neale-Wade Academy
Academy sponsor led · March · PE15 9PX
Ages 11–18 · 1,130 pupils · Cambridgeshire
Ofsted
Urgent improvement
Attainment 8
34.0
Overall absence
11.8%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Urgent improvement
Inspection date
2026-01-13
Category of concern
Requires significant improvement
- AchievementUrgent improvement
- Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
- InclusionNeeds attention
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
Safeguarding standards: Met
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8-0.73
−20+2
Attainment 834.0
English & maths grade 5+27%
English & maths grade 4+47%
EBacc entry36%
EBacc APS: 3.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence11.8%
Persistent absence (10%+)34.1%
Unauthorised4.9%
- Authorised absence
- 7.0%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 8.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 1,283
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill64%
1,130 pupils · 1,758 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,130
- Boys / girls
- 569 / 561
- School capacity
- 1,758
- Capacity fill
- 1,130 / 1,758 (64%)
- Free school meals
- 38%
- FSM pupils
- 420
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE ACTIVE LEARNING TRUST LIMITED
- Academy trust
- THE ACTIVE LEARNING TRUST LIMITED
- Sponsor
- The Active Learning Trust Limited
- Headteacher
- Mr Graham Horn
Location
- Address
- Wimblington Road
- Postcode
- PE15 9PX
- Town
- March
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- District
- Fenland
- Constituency
- North East Cambridgeshire
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy sponsor led (secondary), Ages 11–18, in March, Cambridgeshire, 1,130 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 38%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Burrowmoor Primary Academy
Ofsted: InadequateAcademy converter · Primary
March · PE15 9RP · Cambridgeshire
Ages 2–11
- Absence9.5%
- FSM43.2%
0.7 miles away
Westwood Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Primary
March · PE15 8JT · Cambridgeshire
Ages 4–11
- KS244%
- Absence6.7%
- FSM37.5%
1.3 miles away
All Saints Interchurch Academy
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Primary
March · PE15 8ND · Cambridgeshire
Ages 5–11
- KS268%
- Absence7.7%
- FSM32.1%
1.5 miles away
Thomas Eaton Primary Academy
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Primary
March · PE15 0QS · Cambridgeshire
Ages 2–11
- KS250%
- Absence6.9%
- FSM27.0%
2.0 miles away
Lionel Walden Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
March · PE15 0TF · Cambridgeshire
Ages 4–11
- KS285%
- Absence4.8%
- FSM13.2%
3.0 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Graham Horn
- Telephone
- 01354606000