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Best primary schools in Swindon

54 of 66 primary schools ranked by Met expected standard (RWM) · all Swindon schools · secondary schools

Ranked on Met expected standard (RWM), 2024/25 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school.

# School Met expected standard (RWM) Ofsted Places Catchment
1 Bishopstone Church of England Primary School Swindon 89.0% Requires improvement declining about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
2 Moredon Primary School Swindon 83.0% Good about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
3 Tregoze Primary School Swindon 83.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
4 Abbey Meads Community Primary School Swindon 81.0% Good about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
5 Holy Rood Catholic Primary School Swindon 80.0% Good improving about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
6 Lift Hazelwood Swindon 80.0% Good about even 1.13 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
7 Rodbourne Cheney Primary School Swindon 80.0% Outstanding oversubscribed 1.2 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
8 The Croft Primary School Swindon 80.0% Not judged oversubscribed 1.55 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
9 Wanborough Primary School Swindon 77.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
10 Lethbridge Primary School Swindon hidden gem 75.0% Good undersubscribed 0.84 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
11 Gorse Hill Primary School Swindon 74.0% Good improving about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
12 Haydonleigh Primary School Swindon 72.0% Good about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
13 Oakhurst Community Primary School Swindon 72.0% Good about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
14 Drove Primary School Swindon 71.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
15 Brook Field Primary School Swindon 70.0% Good about even 1.05 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
16 Shaw Ridge Primary School Swindon hidden gem 70.0% Good about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
17 Southfield Junior School Swindon 70.0% Good — approximate
18 St Francis CofE Primary School Swindon 70.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
19 St Mary's Catholic Primary School Swindon 70.0% Good about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
20 Robert Le Kyng Primary School Swindon 69.0% Good about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
21 Ferndale Primary School & Nursery Swindon 68.0% Good about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
22 Greenmeadow Primary School Swindon hidden gem 68.0% Good about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
23 St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Swindon Swindon 68.0% Good improving about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
24 Catherine Wayte Primary School Swindon hidden gem 67.0% Good about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
25 Mountford Manor Primary School Swindon 67.0% Good improving about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
26 Lawn Primary and Nursery School Swindon hidden gem 65.0% Good about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
27 Wroughton Junior School Swindon 65.0% Good — approximate
28 Westrop Primary & Nursery School Swindon 63.0% Good oversubscribed 1.16 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
29 Chiseldon Primary & Nursery School Swindon hidden gem 62.0% Good improving about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
30 Grange Junior School Swindon 61.0% Good — approximate
31 Liden Academy Swindon 61.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
32 Millbrook Primary School Swindon 61.0% Not judged about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
33 Bridlewood Primary School Swindon 60.0% Good about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
34 South Marston Church of England Primary School Swindon 60.0% Good oversubscribed 1.38 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
35 Goddard Park Community Primary School Swindon 59.0% Good about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
36 Holy Family Catholic Primary School Swindon 58.0% Not judged about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
37 Ruskin Junior School Swindon 56.0% Good improving — approximate
38 Orchid Vale Primary School Swindon 54.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
39 Haydon Wick Primary School Swindon 53.0% Outstanding about even 1.12 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
40 St Leonard's Church of England Primary Academy Swindon hidden gem 53.0% Good undersubscribed 0.77 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
41 King William Street Church of England Primary School Swindon hidden gem 52.0% Good improving about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
42 Covingham Park Primary School Swindon 51.0% Good about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
43 Red Oaks Primary School Swindon 51.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
44 Oliver Tomkins Church of England Junior School Swindon 50.0% Good — approximate
45 Westlea Primary School Swindon 50.0% Good about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
46 Holy Cross Catholic Primary School Swindon 48.0% Good about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
47 Tadpole Farm CofE Primary Academy Swindon 45.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
48 Colebrook Junior School Swindon 44.0% Good — approximate
49 Peatmoor Community Primary School Swindon 44.0% Good improving about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
50 Nythe Primary School Swindon 38.0% Not judged about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
51 Seven Fields Primary School Swindon 38.0% Requires improvement declining about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
52 Eldene Nursery and Primary School Swindon 37.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
53 Oaktree Nursery and Primary School Swindon 36.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
54 Lainesmead Primary School and Nursery Swindon 35.0% Good improving about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate

Also in Swindon

12 further primary schools with no published Met expected standard (RWM) for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Swindon, not a fairer one.

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