Lydiard Park Academy, Swindon

In 2026, pupils at Lydiard Park Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 47.1, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45 in Swindon and 47 across England.

46% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 44% in Swindon and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 47.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.19: pupils made above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 37.5, against 50.5 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 13 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 27 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Business Studies and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 221 families put Lydiard Park Academy as their first choice and 384 named it as one of their preferences, for 232 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 1 family who put it first was not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Lydiard Park Academy are The Deanery CofE Academy (1.8 miles, Attainment 8 47.6); Nova Hreod Academy (2.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 49.6); Bradon Forest School (2.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.5); and UTC Swindon (2.3 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 32.3).

Lydiard Park Academy's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Lydiard Park Academy is one of 8 schools run by The Park Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Of the 206 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 88% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 48% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 84 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 48% went on to university or other higher education, 8% to apprenticeships and 27% into work. 13% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

Lydiard Park Academy has a resourced provision for autism: 15 places, 14 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Swindon Rail Station, about 2.6 miles away in a straight line.

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Hampton Drive (w-bound), 210 metres away.

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

In August 2026, police recorded 78 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Swindon (132).

In 2024/25, Lydiard Park Academy issued 162 suspensions, 12.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 3 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Lydiard Park Academy are Tregoze Primary School (0.2 miles), Oliver Tomkins Church of England Infant and Nursery School (0.6 miles), Oliver Tomkins Church of England Junior School (0.6 miles) and Millbrook Primary School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.