Overall Oxbridge
#1,437
4 ranked schools · -523 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,983
Applications
32
Offers
4
Offer rate12.5%
-9.9 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%
Schools in Swindon
When the Great Western Railway arrived in Swindon in 1843, it transformed a Domesday-recorded market town of 2,500 into one of the world's largest railway engineering complexes, leaving the Grade II listed Railway Village and the STEAM Museum as enduring monuments. Wiltshire's largest town, with a built-up population of around 225,000, Swindon stretches along the M4 corridor between the Cotswolds and the North Wessex Downs.
GWR trains reach Bristol Temple Meads in under thirty minutes. Wroughton, bordering the North Wessex Downs to the south, is widely regarded as one of the town's most competitive postcodes for state school places, while Penhill draws families seeking primary catchments on the northern side. Rodbourne Cheney and Pinehurst form further settled residential patches, with Ashton Keynes on the rural western fringe offering a quieter setting.
79
Primary
schools
15
Secondary
schools
2
All-through
schools
1
Post-16
colleges
8
Special
schools
1
Other
schools
of which11sixth forms·26faith106 total
Area Performance
Swindon schools rank in the top 56% of England
Across 100 primary, secondary and sixth-form schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 7.06/10, -0.34 vs England.
Find My School Inspection Band
4% Elite
Distribution across all Swindon schools
EliteExcellentGoodDevelopingRebuilding
Swindon vs England distribution
National Rank
Top 56%
Across all ranked Swindon schools
Top 53%Primaryavg #7,877 of 14,978
Top 64%Secondaryavg #2,467 of 3,861
Top 66%Sixth formavg #1,691 of 2,554
Primary schools: 72 schools (state + independent)
LocalEngland avg
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.2/10
-0.12 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.3/10
Average national rank
#7,877
-3 pts vs medianmedian 7,489
top 53% of 14,978
% reaching expected RWM standardstate
62%
0 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 62%
% reaching higher RWM standardstate
8%
0 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 8%
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.2/10
-0.12 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.3/10
Average national rank
#7,877
-3 pts vs medianmedian 7,489
top 53% of 14,978
% reaching expected RWM standardstate
62%
0 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 62%
% reaching higher RWM standardstate
8%
0 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 8%
Secondary schools: 17 schools (state + independent)
LocalEngland avg
Average FMS Inspection Score
6.5/10
-0.89 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.4/10
Average national rank
#2,467
-14 pts vs medianmedian 1,931
top 64% of 3,861
Attainment 8 score (out of 90)state
45.2
+6.1 vs Eng avgEng avg 39.1
Average FMS Inspection Score
6.5/10
-0.89 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.4/10
Average national rank
#2,467
-14 pts vs medianmedian 1,931
top 64% of 3,861
Attainment 8 score (out of 90)state
45.2
+6.1 vs Eng avgEng avg 39.1
Sixth form schools: 11 schools (state + independent)
LocalEngland avg
Average FMS Inspection Score
6.8/10
-0.94 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.7/10
Average national rank
#1,691
-16 pts vs medianmedian 1,277
top 66% of 2,554
% A*-A at A-Level
17%
-8 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 25%
% A*-B at A-Level
39%
-11 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 50%
Average FMS Inspection Score
6.8/10
-0.94 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.7/10
Average national rank
#1,691
-16 pts vs medianmedian 1,277
top 66% of 2,554
% A*-A at A-Level
17%
-8 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 25%
% A*-B at A-Level
39%
-11 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 50%
Oxford
#287
4 ranked schools · -34 places vs Eng avg #253 of 1,197
Applications
20
Offers
0
Offer rate0.0%
-15.1 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 15.1%
Cambridge
#840
4 ranked schools · -67 places vs Eng avg #773 of 1,880
Applications
12
Offers
4
Offer rate33.3%
+3.9 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 29.4%
Top 3 Primary Schools
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Top 3 Secondary Schools
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Swindon
Top 3 Sixth Forms
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Swindon
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