Graded inspection · Nov 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in WiltshireSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades
About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry367 applications · 230 places offered · 222 named it first
- 2026 1.6; Wiltshire median median 1.6
- 2025 1.7; Wiltshire median median 1.7
- 2024 1.5; Wiltshire median median 1.5
- 2023 2.0; Wiltshire median median 1.5
- 2022 1.9; Wiltshire median median 1.6
- 2021 2.0; Wiltshire median median 2.4
- 2020 1.7; Wiltshire median median 1.6
- 2019 1.8; Wiltshire median median 1.5
- 2018 2.2; Wiltshire median median 1.6
- 2017 1.8; Wiltshire median median 1.8
- 2016 1.8; Wiltshire median median 1.6
- 2015 1.9; Wiltshire median median 1.5
- 2014 1.8; Wiltshire median median 1.6
- This school
- Wiltshire median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 230 | 367 | 1.6 | 222 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2025 | 280 | 472 | 1.7 | 289 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2024 | 278 | 419 | 1.5 | 270 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2023 | 276 | 539 | 2.0 | 332 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2022 | 273 | 507 | 1.9 | 313 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2021 | 285 | 563 | 2.0 | 283 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2020 | 270 | 448 | 1.7 | 267 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2019 | 277 | 497 | 1.8 | 309 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2018 | 274 | 591 | 2.2 | 350 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2017 | 273 | 501 | 1.8 | 291 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2016 | 277 | 484 | 1.8 | 266 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2015 | 279 | 516 | 1.9 | 306 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2014 | 283 | 508 | 1.8 | 315 | 1.11 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 292 | 50.3 | 53% | 69% | – |
| 2024/25 | 278 | 51.0 | 56% | 75% | – |
| 2023/24 | 280 | 47.4 | 51% | 71% | +0.08 |
| 2022/23 | 276 | 50.1 | 55% | 76% | +0.34 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Royal Wootton Bassett AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20241.6applications per place 50.3Attainment 8
- 4.1 km · SwindonRemains Good20231.7applications per place 47.1Attainment 8
- 4.7 km · WiltshireGood20232.3applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
- 6.5 km · SwindonSpecial measures Inadequate20232.0applications per place 47.6Attainment 8
- 7.4 km · SwindonRemains Good20221.5applications per place 49.6Attainment 8
- 7.7 km · SwindonRequires improvement202432.3Attainment 8
- 8.0 km · SwindonGood20232.4applications per place 51.0Attainment 8
- 8.0 km · SwindonRemains Good · improving20232.5applications per place 45.1Attainment 8
- 8.5 km · SwindonGood20232.4applications per place 45.4Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136911 · 865/4067
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,611 pupils · 1,714 on roll
- Free school meals
- 13.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 July 2011
- Replaced
- Wootton Bassett School (URN 126455)
- Address
- Lime Kiln, Royal Wootton Bassett, Swindon, SN4 7HG
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources