Swindon Academy

School overview

Swindon Academy is an all-through school serving Swindon, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. It has 1,854 pupils aged 2 to 19 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 44% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That is down 3.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. At GCSE, the school's average Attainment 8 score was 50.2, above the national average of 46. On our composite score, Swindon Academy ranks in the lower half of primary schools nationally for its primary (KS2) results. For its secondary (KS4) results, it ranks in the top 28% of secondary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 101 in reading and 99 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 2% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). At Key Stage 4, 57% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. Swindon Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 65 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 9.1%. There are about 18.6 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 41% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Swindon Academy does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.