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Lawn Manor Academy

11–16Ages
969Pupils
SecondaryPhase
144773URN

Salcombe Grove, Swindon, SN3 1ER · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jul 2023 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.9per place

close to Swindon median (2.0)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Swindon

385 applications for 200 places · 8th of 13 in Swindon

Every year since 2014

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

41.5of 90

Swindon 45.4 England 46.0

13th of 14 in Swindon

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 11 July 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		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 entry

1.9applications per place, Year 7

close to Swindon median (2.0) 0.3 below England median (2.2)

385 applications · 200 places offered · 199 named it first

2026 1.9; Swindon median median 2.0
2025 1.7; Swindon median median 1.8
2024 1.8; Swindon median median 1.8
2023 1.2; Swindon median median 1.6
2022 1.3; Swindon median median 1.7
2021 1.4; Swindon median median 1.7
2020 1.7; Swindon median median 1.7
2019 1.4; Swindon median median 1.6
2018 1.4; Swindon median median 1.5
2017 1.8; Swindon median median 1.4; as the previous school
2016 1.8; Swindon median median 1.9; as the previous school
2015 1.8; Swindon median median 1.7; as the previous school
2014 1.7; Swindon median median 1.6; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Swindon median in 0 of 9 years.

This school
Swindon median

Dashed bars: as Churchfields Academy (URN 137408), Churchfields School (URN 126453), the previous school.

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	200	385	1.9	199	1.00
Sep 2025	200	346	1.7	156	0.78
Sep 2024	200	349	1.8	143	0.72
Sep 2023	192	236	1.2	131	0.68
Sep 2022	166	211	1.3	130	0.78
Sep 2021	169	232	1.4	129	0.76
Sep 2020	133	224	1.7	118	0.89
Sep 2019	166	226	1.4	132	0.80
Sep 2018	196	269	1.4	140	0.71
Sep 2017 *	110	202	1.8	75	0.68
Sep 2016 *	139	246	1.8	94	0.68
Sep 2015 *	133	241	1.8	123	0.92
Sep 2014 *	136	228	1.7	91	0.67

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

189 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)41.513th of 14 in Swindon

Swindon 45.4 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths32%13th of 14 in Swindon

Swindon 46% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths53%

Swindon 66% England 66%

This school
Swindon median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.03

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	189	41.5	32%	53%	–
2024/25	147	37.5	30%	46%	–
2023/24	168	39.4	33%	54%	−0.03
2022/23	191	38.7	30%	51%	−0.27

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

Lawn Manor AcademyThis school
This school

Good2023

1.9applications per place 41.5Attainment 8
St Joseph's Catholic College
1.1 km · Swindon

Remains Good2023

1.7applications per place 46.2Attainment 8
The Commonweal School
1.9 km · Swindon

Remains Good · improving2023

2.5applications per place 45.1Attainment 8
UTC Swindon
2.3 km · Swindon

Requires improvement2024

32.3Attainment 8
The Dorcan Academy
2.3 km · Swindon

Good2022

1.9applications per place 43.2Attainment 8
Swindon Academy
3.4 km · Swindon

2026

2.2applications per place 48.3Attainment 8
The Deanery CofE Academy
3.4 km · Swindon

Special measures Inadequate2023

2.0applications per place 47.6Attainment 8
The Ridgeway School & Sixth Form College
3.5 km · Swindon

Good2023

2.4applications per place 51.0Attainment 8
Kingsdown School
4.1 km · Swindon

Standards maintained2025

1.7applications per place 41.9Attainment 8

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Secondary
URN · DfE number: 144773 · 866/4002
Trust: Ascend Learning Trust
Capacity: 1,000 pupils · 969 on roll
Free school meals: 39.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 May 2017
Replaced: Churchfields Academy (URN 137408); Churchfields School (URN 126453)
Address: Salcombe Grove, Swindon, SN3 1ER
Local authority: Swindon

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources