Report card · inspected Jun 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in Swindon
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 23 June 2026Report card · 1 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard
- 5 April 2022Graded inspection: Requires improvement · as Highworth Warneford School, URN 136860
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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 entry282 applications · 140 places offered · 130 named it first
- 2026 2.0; Swindon median median 2.0
- 2025 2.1; Swindon median median 1.8
- 2024 2.1; Swindon median median 1.8
- 2023 1.6; Swindon median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2022 1.7; Swindon median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2021 1.8; Swindon median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2020 1.6; Swindon median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2019 1.8; Swindon median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2018 2.0; Swindon median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2017 2.5; Swindon median median 1.4; as the previous school
- 2016 2.3; Swindon median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2015 2.3; Swindon median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2014 2.2; Swindon median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Swindon median
Dashed bars: as Highworth Warneford School (URN 136860), Highworth Warneford School (URN 126461), 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 | 140 | 282 | 2.0 | 130 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2025 | 147 | 312 | 2.1 | 138 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2024 | 127 | 270 | 2.1 | 116 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2023 * | 122 | 199 | 1.6 | 105 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2022 * | 113 | 192 | 1.7 | 102 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2021 * | 121 | 217 | 1.8 | 95 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2020 * | 144 | 234 | 1.6 | 128 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2019 * | 174 | 310 | 1.8 | 145 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2018 * | 183 | 363 | 2.0 | 176 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2017 * | 184 | 465 | 2.5 | 236 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2016 * | 189 | 432 | 2.3 | 216 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2015 * | 187 | 435 | 2.3 | 205 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2014 * | 186 | 408 | 2.2 | 211 | 1.13 |
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.) | 117 | 44.5 | 43% | 68% | – |
| 2024/25 | 138 | 46.0 | 50% | 73% | – |
| 2023/24 | 146 | 47.7 | 51% | 71% | +0.13 |
| 2022/23 | – |
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
- Highworth Warneford SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.0applications per place 44.5Attainment 8
- 5.2 km · SwindonStandards maintained20251.7applications per place 41.9Attainment 8
- 7.3 km · SwindonGood20232.9applications per place 46.8Attainment 8
- 7.4 km · Swindon20262.2applications per place 48.3Attainment 8
- 7.7 km · SwindonGood20221.9applications per place 43.2Attainment 8
- 7.9 km · SwindonGood20232.4applications per place 45.4Attainment 8
- 7.9 km · SwindonRemains Good20231.7applications per place 46.2Attainment 8
- 8.6 km · SwindonRemains Good20221.5applications per place 49.6Attainment 8
- 8.7 km · OxfordshireGood20241.3applications per place 43.3Attainment 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
- 150277 · 866/4008
- Capacity
- 925 pupils · 636 on roll
- Free school meals
- 20.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2023
- Replaced
- Highworth Warneford School (URN 136860); Highworth Warneford School (URN 126461)
- Address
- Shrivenham Road, Highworth, Swindon, SN6 7BZ
- Local authority
- Swindon
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources