Paxcroft Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Trowbridge, Wiltshire·BA14 7EB
Composite score
26.0
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#13,919
National rank
#1498
In South West
#165
In Wiltshire
Top 94%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
31%
% achieving higher RWM
5%
Reading average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
99.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
37 first choices, 37 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
73
any preference, for 37 places

Every child who put Paxcroft 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
293
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
24.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
14.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

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

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Location

Paxcroft Primary School at a glance

Located in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, Paxcroft Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 293 pupils aged 4 to 11. 31% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 2.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 102 in reading and 99 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 5% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Paxcroft Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 37 Reception places. Paxcroft 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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