Holy Family Catholic Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Swindon·SN3 2PT
Composite score
52.9
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#6,224
National rank
#595
In South West
#22
In Swindon
Top 42%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
58%
% achieving higher RWM
13%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
28 first choices, 28 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
46
any preference, for 28 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020220.9720231.0020241.0020251.002026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Holy Family Catholic Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
2–11
Pupils on roll
316
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
22.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
59.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
26.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,104
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Holy Family Catholic Primary School at a glance

Located in Swindon, Holy Family Catholic Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 316 pupils aged 2 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 58% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 11.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 42% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 13% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Holy Family Catholic Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 28 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.3%. There are about 26.6 pupils per teacher. Holy Family Catholic Primary School 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.

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