Lift East Wichel, SWINDON
Lift East Wichel is a primary school for pupils aged 2 to 11 in Swindon, part of Lift Schools.
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 80 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Swindon (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Lift East Wichel in detail
Lift East Wichel in its own words
The school runs after-school care.
Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
Lift East Wichel has no published results of its own yet. Before it became an academy in 2026, as East Wichel Primary School & Nursery (URN 136068), 80% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 89% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.
Getting a place at Lift East Wichel
Across Swindon, 96% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 99% were offered one of the schools they named.
In 2026, families in Swindon lodged 25 appeals against primary school offers; 19 reached a hearing and 2 succeeded (10.5% of those heard).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Lift East Wichel are East Wichel Primary School & Nursery (under 0.1 miles, Outstanding, 80% reading, 89% maths); The Croft Primary School (0.7 miles, Outstanding, 83% reading, 87% maths); Lethbridge Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 90% reading, 88% maths); and Wroughton Junior School (0.8 miles, 80% reading, 79% maths).
East Wichel Primary School & NurseryThe Croft Primary SchoolLethbridge Primary SchoolWroughton Junior School
The trust
Lift East Wichel is one of 62 schools run by Lift Schools, an academy trust.
Across the trust's primary schools, 79% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Swindon Rail Station, about 1.6 miles away in a straight line.
4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Rylane (nw-bound), 120 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Lift East Wichel are The Commonweal School (0.5 miles), The Deanery CofE Academy (0.8 miles), The Ridgeway School & Sixth Form College (0.9 miles) and UTC Swindon (1.3 miles).
The Commonweal SchoolThe Deanery CofE AcademyThe Ridgeway School & Sixth Form CollegeUTC Swindon
Sources: DfE school performance data; GIAS establishment links; DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Location
Our estimate from how close the nearest similar schools are and how oversubscribed the council's schools are. It is not a published boundary.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Lift East Wichel has not been inspected by Ofsted since it became an academy in April 2026. Before that, as East Wichel Primary School & Nursery (URN 136068), it was rated Outstanding in December 2022. See East Wichel Primary School & Nursery's inspections
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Results at East Wichel Primary School & Nursery before it became an academy in 2026 (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25Published for East Wichel Primary School & Nursery (URN 136068), the school Lift East Wichel replaced. There are no figures for Lift East Wichel yet, so these are shown separately.
KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 74% to 80% (2024 to 2025). Maths has improved from 81% to 89% (2024 to 2025). Writing has declined from 79% to 64% (2024 to 2025).
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Keep up with Lift East Wichel
Term dates
Lift East Wichel is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Swindon's term dates for its community schools.
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Lift East Wichel from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Lift East Wichel is in Swindon; for families living there:
- Swindon's school travel policy: School travel support
- How to apply: Apply for school travel support
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 12
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 12 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 11 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on a bicycle and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.
2 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Swindon is 15.5 (the median across 92 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
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Applications and offers at East Wichel Primary School & Nursery before it became an academy in 2026
Published for East Wichel Primary School & Nursery (URN 136068), the school Lift East Wichel replaced. There are no figures for Lift East Wichel yet, so these are shown separately.
| Entry year | Places offered | First choices | Named at all | First choices per place | First choices not offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 60 | 52 | 140 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2025 | 60 | 59 | 118 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 54 | 48 | 100 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2023 | 45 | 43 | 84 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 43 | 41 | 70 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 40 | 40 | 65 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 36 | 36 | 77 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 37 | 34 | 65 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2018 | 55 | 46 | 81 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2017 | 51 | 48 | 71 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2016 | 57 | 52 | 77 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2015 | 42 | 39 | 73 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2014 | 42 | 37 | 61 | 0.9 | 0 |
Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school-level file). "Places offered" is the number of offers made on national offer day, which can differ from the school's published admission number.
Capacity & Demand
Area Demand Pressure - SWINDON
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for SWINDON
Across Swindon council
Places available
3,059
Applications
2,416
Got 1st preference
95.6%
Got preferred school
99.4%
All primary applications across Swindon council (2026/27), not just this school.
Absence at East Wichel Primary School & Nursery before it became an academy in 20262024/25
Published for East Wichel Primary School & Nursery (URN 136068), the school Lift East Wichel replaced. There are no figures for Lift East Wichel yet, so these are shown separately.
4.8%
Overall absence
11.6%
Persistent absence
371
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Questions parents ask about Lift East Wichel
Are there exam results for Lift East Wichel?
Lift East Wichel has no published results of its own yet. Before it became an academy in 2026, as East Wichel Primary School & Nursery (URN 136068), 80% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 89% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.
What is Lift East Wichel's Ofsted rating?
Lift East Wichel has not been inspected by Ofsted since it became an academy in April 2026. Before that, as East Wichel Primary School & Nursery (URN 136068), it was rated Outstanding in December 2022.
What is the catchment area for Lift East Wichel?
No fixed boundary. When Lift East Wichel is oversubscribed, Swindon allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
How do I apply to Lift East Wichel?
Apply through Swindon's coordinated admissions process, naming Lift East Wichel on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
How many road collisions happen near Lift East Wichel?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 12 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 11 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on a bicycle and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 2 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Swindon is 15.5 (the median across 92 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Lift East Wichel?
Lift East Wichel is at Staldon Road, East Wichel, SWINDON, Wiltshire, SN1 7AG.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)