Swindon schools and admissions data

Swindon Borough Council has 72 primary schools and 22 secondary schools. 1% of Swindon's schools are private schools. 25 state schools in Swindon follow the local authority's admissions criteria, while 64 set their own.

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Ofsted ratings
in Swindon

  1. Outstanding 7
  2. Good 54
  3. Requires Improvement 10
  4. Inadequate 6

Most popular state schools
in Swindon in 2019

  1. Primary
  2. Secondary
  1. 1

    Ruskin Junior School

    Academy sponsor led • Upper Stratton, Swindon

    Ofsted: None

  2. 2

    Gorse Hill Primary School

    Academy converter • Gorse Hill, Swindon

    Ofsted: None

  3. 3

    Badbury Park Primary School

    Free schools • Swindon

    Ofsted: None

  4. 4

    William Morris Primary School

    Free schools • Tadpole Garden Village, Swindon

    Ofsted: None

  5. 5

    Orchid Vale Primary School

    Academy sponsor led • Haydon End, Swindon

    Ofsted: Inadequate

  6. 6

    Liden Academy

    Academy converter • Liden, Swindon

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  7. 7

    King William Street Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter • Swindon

    Ofsted: Good

  8. 8

    Wroughton Infant School

    Community school • Wroughton, Swindon

    Ofsted: Good

  9. 9

    Holy Cross Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter • Swindon

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  10. 10

    Southfield Junior School

    Academy converter • Highworth, Swindon

    Ofsted: Good

  11. 11

    Wroughton Junior School

    Community school • Wroughton, Swindon

    Ofsted: Good

  12. 12

    Seven Fields Primary School

    Academy converter • Penhill, Swindon

    Ofsted: Inadequate

  13. 13

    St Leonard's Church of England Primary Academy

    Academy converter • Blunsdon, Swindon

    Ofsted: Inadequate

  14. 14

    Crowdys Hill School

    Community special school • Swindon

    Ofsted: Good

  15. 15

    St Mary's Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter • Swindon

    Ofsted: Good

  16. 16

    St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Swindon

    Academy converter • Upper Stratton, Swindon

    Ofsted: Good

  17. 17

    Grange Junior School

    Academy sponsor led • Stratton St Margaret, Swindon

    Ofsted: Inadequate

  18. 18

    Holy Rood Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter • Swindon

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  19. 19

    Grange Infants' School

    Academy converter • Stratton St Margaret, Swindon

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  20. 20

    Lainesmead Primary School and Nursery

    Community school • Old Walcot, Swindon

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  1. 1

    Priory College Swindon

    Special post 16 institution • 43 Bath Road, Swindon

    Ofsted: None

  2. 2

    Lawn Manor Academy

    Academy converter • Swindon

    Ofsted: None

  3. 3

    Kingsdown School

    Academy converter • Stratton St Margaret, Swindon

    Ofsted: None

  4. 4

    UTC Swindon

    University technical college • Swindon

    Ofsted: None

  5. 5

    Churchward School

    Free schools special • Swindon

    Ofsted: None

  6. 6

    Great Western Academy

    Free schools • Tadpole Garden Village, Swindon

    Ofsted: None

  7. 7

    The Deanery CE Academy

    Free schools • Wichelstowe, Swindon

    Ofsted: None

  8. 8

    Horizons College

    Special post 16 institution • Stratton Road, Swindon

    Ofsted: None

  9. 9

    The Dorcan Academy

    Academy converter • Covingham, Swindon

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  10. 10

    Highworth Warneford School

    Academy converter • Highworth, Swindon

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

Popularity is based on the number of first preference applications a school received compared to the number of places available, where we have this data. Where places available data isn't held, first preferences are compared to the number of offers made.

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