The Mead Community Primary School, Trowbridge

In its own words: "The Mead Primary School is a proud member of EQUA Mead Learning Trust . Our family of like-minded schools collaborate to provide mutual support, share best practice and learn from each other, whilst retaining and developing each school’s distinctive character."

From the headteacher's welcome: "The Mead School is a happy, vibrant place where all children are enabled to dream, strive achieve and celebrate. We are a large split site school on the outskirts of Trowbridge, Wiltshire."

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

In 2025, 74% of Year 6 pupils at The Mead Community Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 69% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 73% in Wiltshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 67% in reading and 60% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 50 families put The Mead Community Primary School as their first choice and 91 named it as one of their preferences, for 50 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 The Mead Community Primary School are Castle Mead School (0.6 miles, Good, 69% reading, 69% maths); Paxcroft Primary School (0.6 miles); Hilperton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 86% reading, 68% maths); and Bellefield Primary and Nursery School (0.9 miles, 73% reading, 66% maths).

The Mead Community Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 3 schools.

The Mead Community 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.

99 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about The Mead Community Primary School (as of September 2025): 90% would recommend the school, 95% say their child is happy there and 68% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child is happy at the school (95%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (68%).

8.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

The nearest railway station is Trowbridge Rail Station, about 1.5 miles away in a straight line.

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Newhurst Park (w-bound), 60 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood The Mead Community Primary School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. On income deprivation affecting children it is in the 7th decile, where the 1st is the most deprived. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 67 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Wiltshire (34), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, The Mead Community Primary School issued 57 suspensions, 11.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The secondary schools closest to The Mead Community Primary School are St Augustine's Catholic College (1.8 miles) and The John of Gaunt School (1.8 miles).