Schools in Swindon[1]

Local authority district E06000030 · 91 open schools[2]

Neighbourhood deprivation

The district's 140 neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs)[3] by their place in England's Index of Multiple Deprivation, in fifths of all neighbourhoods (1 in 5 of England's neighbourhoods is in each fifth):

most deprived 20%: 19 (14%)[4]
second 20%: 19 (14%)[4]
middle 20%: 21 (15%)[4]
fourth 20%: 47 (34%)[4]
least deprived 20%: 34 (24%)[4]

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 deciles grouped in pairs; it describes the neighbourhoods, not the pupils who attend the district's schools.

By kind of deprivation

The share of the district's neighbourhoods in each fifth of England's on each part of the index (the most deprived 20% are deciles 1 and 2, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of England's neighbourhoods):

Measure	Most deprived 20%	Second	Middle	Fourth	Least deprived 20%
Income	15%[4]	12%[4]	26%[4]	29%[4]	18%[4]
Employment	15%[4]	13%[4]	19%[4]	34%[4]	19%[4]
Education and skills	21%[4]	20%[4]	34%[4]	19%[4]	6%[4]
Health and disability	9%[4]	14%[4]	19%[4]	39%[4]	20%[4]
Crime	14%[4]	12%[4]	21%[4]	31%[4]	22%[4]
Housing and services	9%[4]	19%[4]	26%[4]	31%[4]	16%[4]
Living environment	8%[4]	7%[4]	14%[4]	26%[4]	44%[4]
Children in low-income families	12%[4]	9%[4]	26%[4]	38%[4]	15%[4]

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Income: People on low incomes: out of work, or in work on low pay, and receiving benefits or tax credits. Employment: Working-age people out of work through unemployment, sickness, disability or caring. Education and skills: Low attainment and skills: children's results and staying on in education, adults' qualifications and English. Health and disability: Risk of early death and of a poorer quality of life through ill health or disability. Crime: Risk of personal and material victimisation: recorded violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage. Housing and services: Barriers to housing and services: distance to a GP, school, shop and post office, and housing that is unaffordable, overcrowded or hard to get. Living environment: The quality of the local environment: housing in poor condition or without central heating, air quality and road accidents. Children in low-income families: Children aged 0–15 living in income-deprived families (the IDACI, part of the income measure).

Census 2021

Shares in the district's neighbourhoods together, on census day (21 March 2021):

Households that own their home: 63.7% of 95,884 households[5] (England: 61.3%[5])
Adults with a degree or similar: 27.9% of 187,170 residents aged 16 and over[6] (England: 33.9%[6])
Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: 12.7% of 187,144 residents aged 16 and over[7] (England: 13.2%[7])

Households that own their home: Households that own their home outright or with a mortgage or loan (shared ownership not included), of all households. Adults with a degree or similar: Residents aged 16 and over whose highest qualification is Level 4 or above (a degree, HND, NVQ level 4 or higher), of all residents aged 16 and over. Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: Residents aged 16 and over in higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations (NS-SEC classes 1–3, by their current or most recent job), of all residents aged 16 and over.

Secondary schools (14)

School	Ages	Headline results
Abbey Park School	11–16[2]	A8 45 2025/26[8]
Great Western Academy	11–18[2]	A8 47 2025/26[8] AL C 2024/25[9]
Highworth Warneford School	11–16[2]	A8 44 2025/26[8]
Kingsdown School	11–16[2]	A8 42 2025/26[8]
Lawn Manor Academy	11–16[2]	A8 42 2025/26[8]
Lydiard Park Academy	11–18[2]	A8 47 2025/26[8] AL C+ 2024/25[9]
Nova Hreod Academy	11–16[2]	A8 50 2025/26[8]
St Joseph's Catholic College	11–16[2]	A8 46 2025/26[8]
Swindon Academy	2–19[2]	A8 48 2025/26[8] AL C 2024/25[9] KS2 44% 2024/25[10]
The Commonweal School	11–19[2]	A8 45 2025/26[8] AL C 2024/25[9]
The Deanery CofE Academy	11–18[2]	A8 48 2025/26[8]
The Dorcan Academy	11–16[2]	A8 43 2025/26[8]
The Ridgeway School & Sixth Form College	11–18[2]	A8 51 2025/26[8] AL B- 2024/25[9]
UTC Swindon	14–19[2]	A8 32 2025/26[8]

Primary schools (66)

School	Ages	Headline results
Abbey Farm Educate Together Primary	3–11[2]
Abbey Meads Community Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 81% 2024/25[10]
Badbury Park Primary School	3–11[2]
Beechcroft Infant School	4–7[2]
Bishopstone Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 89% 2023/24[11]
Bridlewood Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[10]
Brook Field Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 70% 2024/25[10]
Catherine Wayte Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
Chiseldon Primary & Nursery School	2–11[2]	KS2 62% 2024/25[10]
Colebrook Infant Academy	5–7[2]
Colebrook Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 44% 2024/25[10]
Covingham Park Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 51% 2024/25[10]
Drove Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 71% 2024/25[10]
Eastrop Infant School	2–7[2]
Eldene Nursery and Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 37% 2024/25[10]
Even Swindon Primary School	2–11[2]
Ferndale Primary School & Nursery	2–11[2]	KS2 68% 2024/25[10]
Goddard Park Community Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 59% 2024/25[10]
Gorse Hill Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 74% 2024/25[10]
Grange Infants' School	5–7[2]
Grange Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 61% 2024/25[10]
Greenmeadow Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 68% 2024/25[10]
Haydon Wick Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 53% 2024/25[10]
Haydonleigh Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 72% 2024/25[10]
Holy Cross Catholic Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 48% 2024/25[10]
Holy Family Catholic Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 58% 2024/25[10]
Holy Rood Catholic Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 80% 2024/25[10]
King William Street Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 52% 2024/25[10]
Kingfisher CE Academy	2–11[2]
Lainesmead Primary School and Nursery	3–11[2]	KS2 35% 2024/25[10]
Lawn Primary and Nursery School	2–11[2]
Lethbridge Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 75% 2024/25[10]
Liden Academy	0–11[2]	KS2 61% 2024/25[10]
Lift East Wichel	2–11[2]
Lift Hazelwood	2–11[2]	KS2 80% 2024/25[10]
Millbrook Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 61% 2024/25[10]
Moredon Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 83% 2024/25[10]
Mountford Manor Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
Nythe Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 38% 2024/25[10]
Oakhurst Community Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 72% 2024/25[10]
Oaktree Nursery and Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 36% 2024/25[10]
Oliver Tomkins Church of England Infant and Nursery School	3–7[2]
Oliver Tomkins Church of England Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 50% 2024/25[10]
Orchid Vale Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 54% 2024/25[10]
Peatmoor Community Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 44% 2024/25[10]
Red Oaks Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 51% 2024/25[10]
Robert Le Kyng Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 69% 2024/25[10]
Rodbourne Cheney Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 80% 2024/25[10]
Ruskin Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 56% 2024/25[10]
Seven Fields Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 38% 2024/25[10]
Shaw Ridge Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 70% 2024/25[10]
South Marston Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[10]
Southfield Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 70% 2024/25[10]
St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Swindon	2–11[2]	KS2 68% 2024/25[10]
St Francis CofE Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 70% 2024/25[10]
St Leonard's Church of England Primary Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 53% 2024/25[10]
St Mary's Catholic Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 70% 2024/25[10]
Tadpole Farm CofE Primary Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 45% 2024/25[10]
The Croft Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 80% 2024/25[10]
Tregoze Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 83% 2024/25[10]
Wanborough Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 77% 2024/25[10]
Westlea Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 50% 2024/25[10]
Westrop Primary & Nursery School	2–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[10]
William Morris Primary School	3–11[2]
Wroughton Infant School	4–7[2]
Wroughton Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 65% 2024/25[10]

Independent schools (1)

School	Ages	Headline results
Maranatha Christian School	3–19[2]

Special schools and alternative provision (10)

School	Ages	Headline results
Brimble Hill Special School	2–11[2]
Churchward School	11–19[2]
Compass Community School Wheatley Park	7–17[2]
Connex	4–16[2]
Crowdys Hill School	4–19[2]
EOTAS Swindon	5–16[2]
Nyland School	4–11[2]
St Luke's Academy	11–16[2]
The Chalet School	3–11[2]
Uplands School	11–19[2]

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Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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