Graded inspection · Jan 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Swindon
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 |
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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 entry524 applications · 180 places offered · 162 named it first
- 2026 2.9; Swindon median median 2.0
- 2025 3.1; Swindon median median 1.8
- 2024 2.9; Swindon median median 1.8
- 2023 3.0; Swindon median median 1.6
- 2022 3.6; Swindon median median 1.7
- 2021 3.9; Swindon median median 1.7
- 2020 3.4; Swindon median median 1.7
- 2019 3.3; Swindon median median 1.6
- This school
- Swindon 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 | 180 | 524 | 2.9 | 162 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2025 | 162 | 509 | 3.1 | 184 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2024 | 180 | 529 | 2.9 | 190 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2023 | 170 | 511 | 3.0 | 207 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2022 | 151 | 547 | 3.6 | 254 | 1.68 |
| Sep 2021 | 143 | 551 | 3.9 | 253 | 1.77 |
| Sep 2020 | 144 | 485 | 3.4 | 204 | 1.42 |
| Sep 2019 | 147 | 481 | 3.3 | 241 | 1.64 |
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.) | 151 | 46.8 | 47% | 67% | – |
| 2024/25 | 155 | 45.5 | 41% | 70% | – |
| 2023/24 | 151 | 47.7 | 52% | 72% | +0.12 |
| 2022/23 | 151 | 47.3 | 44% | 70% | +0.08 |
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
- Great Western AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.9applications per place 46.8Attainment 8
- 1.2 km · SwindonGood20232.4applications per place 45.4Attainment 8
- 3.9 km · SwindonRemains Good20221.5applications per place 49.6Attainment 8
- 4.1 km · Swindon20262.2applications per place 48.3Attainment 8
- 4.6 km · SwindonStandards maintained20251.7applications per place 41.9Attainment 8
- 5.1 km · WiltshireGood20232.3applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
- 6.0 km · SwindonRequires improvement202432.3Attainment 8
- 6.5 km · SwindonRemains Good20231.7applications per place 46.2Attainment 8
- 6.6 km · SwindonRemains Good20231.7applications per place 47.1Attainment 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 145883 · 866/4006
- Trust
- Great Western Academy Limited
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,210 pupils · 1,039 on roll
- Free school meals
- 17.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2018
- Address
- William Morris Way, Tadpole Garden Village, Swindon, SN25 2PP
- Local authority
- Swindon
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources