Paxcroft Primary School, Trowbridge

Paxcroft Primary School has no published results of its own yet. Before it took its current form in 2025, under its previous registration (URN 126483), 60% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 38% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.

For September 2026 entry, 37 families put Paxcroft Primary School as their first choice and 73 named it as one of their preferences, for 37 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Paxcroft Primary School are Bellefield Primary and Nursery School (0.4 miles, 73% reading, 66% maths); The Mead Community Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 74% reading, 69% maths); Castle Mead School (0.7 miles, Good, 69% reading, 69% maths); and Willowbrook Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 56% reading, 38% maths).

Paxcroft Primary School is one of 22 schools run by Equa Mead Learning Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

In 2026, 87 pupils (31.5%) received SEN support and 20 (7.2%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest railway station is Trowbridge Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Barn Glebe (n-bound), 180 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 253 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Wiltshire (34), as is usual near a town centre.

The secondary schools closest to Paxcroft Primary School are St Augustine's Catholic College (1.2 miles), The John of Gaunt School (1.2 miles) and The Clarendon Academy (1.3 miles).