There are now more primary schools in Swindon rated 'outstanding' than ‘requires improvement’ by Ofsted.

Schools across the UK are regularly inspected and graded by education watchdog Ofsted, and these ratings can influence where parents send their children.

'Outstanding' is the top rating a school can receive, followed by 'good', 'requires improvement', and 'inadequate'.

Of the 106 recorded primary schools in the Swindon area, 73 are currently rated as ‘good’ by Ofsted, which means exactly what it says on the tin.

But several others have also made the best and worst list for being rated ‘outstanding’ or ‘requires improvement’.

Schools rated ‘requires improvement’ are defined as having a “not yet good but overall acceptable standard of education” and will have a mandatory re-inspection within 30 months.

None of the primary schools in Swindon are currently rated as ‘inadequate’, however many schools such as Orchid Vale Primary School are yet to be inspected, as they received an ‘inadequate’ rating in 2020 but have since been turned into an academy.

The overall rating is judged based on four categories: the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management.

Swindon primary schools Ofsted rated 'requires improvement':

  • Grange Infants’ School, Delamere Drive, Swindon. Inspected on 28 June 2018.
  • Holy Cross Catholic Primary School, Queens Drive, Swindon. Inspected on 3 October 2019.
  • Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Marlowe Avenue, Swindon. Inspected on 1 March 2023.
  • Liden Academy, Liden Drive, Swindon. Inspected on 6 November 2019.
  • Seven Fields Primary School, Leigh Road, Swindon. Inspected on 19 May 2021.

Swindon primary schools Ofsted rated ‘outstanding’:

  • Drove Primary School, Drove Road, Swindon. Inspected on 14 March 2012.
  • East Wichel Primary School and Nursery, Staldon Road, Swindon. Inspected on 7 December 2022.
  • Haydon Wick Primary School, The Brow, Swindon. Inspected on 6 March 2013.
  • Rodbourne Cheney Primary School, Broadway, Swindon. Inspected on 11 November 2010.
  • St Francis CofE Primary School, Aiken Road, Swindon. Inspected on 15 March 2012.
  • The Croft Primary School, Marlborough Lane, Swindon. Inspected on 5 June 2014.