Schools in Swindon

Swindon at a glance

Schools

82 66 state primary, 14 state secondary, 1 sixth-form or college and 1 private. DfE Get Information about Schools, 17 October 2026.

Good or Outstanding

88% 57 of the 65 state schools whose latest Ofsted inspection gave a grade. 5 more have the new report card, which gives no single grade. Ofsted, latest inspections.

Oversubscribed in 2026

16 Of 70 state schools with DfE figures for 2026: more first preferences than places at entry (Reception or Year 7). DfE, school applications and offers, 2026.

Offer distances held

92% How far the last place reached on offer day: held for 74 of 80 state schools that take an intake. Swindon's published offer-day figures.

The best schools in Swindon

Primary

Ranked on three years of results, progress first, the same measures as the full Swindon primary table (method). Source: DfE, key stage 2 school performance tables; table built 16 October 2026.

Secondary (GCSE)

Ranked on three years of results, progress first, the same measures as the full Swindon secondary table (method). Source: DfE, key stage 4 school performance tables; table built 16 October 2026.

Towns

• Swindon 82 schools · best schools

Getting in

Starting Reception in September 2027

Starting secondary school (Year 7) in September 2027

Every Swindon admission date · After offer day in Swindon: replies, waiting lists and appeals

We hold no catchment maps for Swindon. Many schools here admit by distance; the catchment finder says which maps cover a postcode.

Offer-day distances (how far the last place reached) are held for 74 of 80 state schools (92%). Could we get in? sets your distance beside them.

Private schools, fees and childcare

Private school fees in Swindon: we hold checked fees for 0 of 1 private schools.

Childcare costs, town by town: 57 nurseries and pre-schools in Swindon, with fees held for 0. Nurseries in Swindon by Ofsted rating.

Every school in Swindon, A to Z by town

League tables: Primary · GCSE · A level · Private schools: A level.

Swindon

• Abbey Farm Educate Together Primary
• Abbey Meads Community Primary School
• Abbey Park School
• Badbury Park Primary School
• Beechcroft Infant School
• Bishopstone Church of England Primary School
• Bridlewood Primary School
• Brook Field Primary School
• Catherine Wayte Primary School
• Chiseldon Primary & Nursery School
• Colebrook Infant Academy
• Colebrook Junior School
• Covingham Park Primary School
• Drove Primary School
• Eastrop Infant School
• Eldene Nursery and Primary School
• Even Swindon Primary School
• Ferndale Primary School & Nursery
• Goddard Park Community Primary School
• Gorse Hill Primary School
• Grange Infants' School
• Grange Junior School
• Great Western Academy
• Greenmeadow Primary School
• Haydon Wick Primary School
• Haydonleigh Primary School
• Highworth Warneford School
• Holy Cross Catholic Primary School
• Holy Family Catholic Primary School
• Holy Rood Catholic Primary School
• King William Street Church of England Primary School
• Kingfisher CE Academy
• Kingsdown School
• Lainesmead Primary School and Nursery
• Lawn Manor Academy
• Lawn Primary and Nursery School
• Lethbridge Primary School
• Liden Academy
• Lift East Wichel
• Lift Hazelwood
• Lydiard Park Academy
• Maranatha Christian School
• Millbrook Primary School
• Moredon Primary School
• Mountford Manor Primary School
• New College Swindon
• Nova Hreod Academy
• Nythe Primary School
• Oakhurst Community Primary School
• Oaktree Nursery and Primary School
• Oliver Tomkins Church of England Infant and Nursery School
• Oliver Tomkins Church of England Junior School
• Orchid Vale Primary School
• Peatmoor Community Primary School
• Red Oaks Primary School
• Robert Le Kyng Primary School
• Rodbourne Cheney Primary School
• Ruskin Junior School
• Seven Fields Primary School
• Shaw Ridge Primary School
• South Marston Church of England Primary School
• Southfield Junior School
• St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Swindon
• St Francis CofE Primary School
• St Joseph's Catholic College
• St Leonard's Church of England Primary Academy
• St Mary's Catholic Primary School
• Swindon Academy
• Tadpole Farm CofE Primary Academy
• The Commonweal School
• The Croft Primary School
• The Deanery CofE Academy
• The Dorcan Academy
• The Ridgeway School & Sixth Form College
• Tregoze Primary School
• UTC Swindon
• Wanborough Primary School
• Westlea Primary School
• Westrop Primary & Nursery School
• William Morris Primary School
• Wroughton Infant School
• Wroughton Junior School