Bridlewood Primary School, Swindon

From the headteacher's welcome: "A warm welcome to Bridlewood Primary School where Ofsted (Nov 2025) recognised our pupils as polite and well mannered. They also noted that pupils at our school show a positive attitude to learning and arrive each morning with smiles on their faces!"

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care.

In 2025, 77% of Year 6 pupils at Bridlewood Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 80% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 74% and 73% in Swindon and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 73% in reading and 63% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 28 families put Bridlewood Primary School as their first choice and 64 named it as one of their preferences, for 29 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Bridlewood Primary School are Tadpole Farm CofE Primary Academy (0.4 miles, Good, 63% reading, 59% maths); Abbey Farm Educate Together Primary (0.5 miles); Abbey Meads Community Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 92% reading, 91% maths); and Catherine Wayte Primary School (0.6 miles, 78% reading, 78% maths).

Bridlewood Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 3 schools.

Bridlewood Primary School is one of 8 schools run by The Park Academies Trust, an academy trust.

28 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Bridlewood Primary School (as of April 2026): 89% would recommend the school, 89% say their child is happy there and 75% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they would recommend the school (89%); the weakest, that pupils behave well (75%).

9.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 28.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (64%), Asian (10%) and Black (6%).

The nearest railway station is Swindon Rail Station, about 2.7 miles away in a straight line.

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Chartwell Road (se-bound), 220 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Bridlewood Primary School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Bridlewood Primary School issued 2 suspensions, 0.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Bridlewood Primary School are Abbey Park School (0.6 miles) and Great Western Academy (0.9 miles).