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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 19 March 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 17 March 2015Graded inspection: Good · as Catherine Wayte Primary School, URN 132023
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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 entry81 applications · 35 places offered · 32 named it first
- 2026 2.3; Swindon median median 2.2
- 2025 3.0; Swindon median median 2.2
- 2024 2.5; Swindon median median 2.2
- 2023 2.4; Swindon median median 1.8
- 2022 2.6; Swindon median median 1.9
- 2021 1.9; Swindon median median 1.9
- 2020 2.3; Swindon median median 2.1
- 2019 2.4; Swindon median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 2.2; Swindon median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2017 2.7; Swindon median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2016 2.5; Swindon median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2015 2.6; Swindon median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2014 2.9; Swindon median median 2.1; as the previous school
- This school
- Swindon median
Dashed bars: as Catherine Wayte Primary School (URN 132023), the previous school.
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, 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 | 35 | 81 | 2.3 | 32 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2025 | 25 | 76 | 3.0 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 38 | 94 | 2.5 | 37 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2023 | 43 | 101 | 2.4 | 43 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 39 | 100 | 2.6 | 38 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2021 | 59 | 109 | 1.9 | 57 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2020 | 60 | 135 | 2.3 | 54 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2019 * | 60 | 146 | 2.4 | 64 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2018 * | 60 | 134 | 2.2 | 48 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2017 * | 58 | 158 | 2.7 | 47 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2016 * | 60 | 150 | 2.5 | 58 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2015 * | 59 | 153 | 2.6 | 51 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2014 * | 60 | 171 | 2.9 | 67 | 1.12 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 78% · Writing 84% · Maths 78% → all three 67% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Swindon median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 67% | 5% | 106 | 106 |
| 2023/24 | 71% | 7% | 107 | 106 |
| 2022/23 | 71% | 10% | 106 | 106 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Catherine Wayte Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20252.3applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · SwindonGood20232.3applications per place 81%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · SwindonNot yet inspected2.5applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · SwindonOutstanding20243.5applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · SwindonStandards maintained20242.5applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · Swindon20252.2applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · SwindonGood20232.2applications per place 54%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · Swindon20261.5applications per place 38%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · SwindonOutstanding20233.2applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 147250 · 866/2008
- Capacity
- 420 pupils · 339 on roll
- Free school meals
- 13.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 December 2019
- Replaced
- Catherine Wayte Primary School (URN 132023)
- Address
- Elstree Way, Abbey Meads, Swindon, SN25 4TA
- Local authority
- Swindon
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources