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Westrop Primary & Nursery School, Swindon

Good
Primary
Community school
Mixed
Ages 2–11

Westrop Primary & Nursery School is a primary school for pupils aged 2 to 11 in Swindon. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in November 2016. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in October 2022 did not change this grade. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 36th-highest of the 65 schools in Swindon with published results, and 9,159th of 14,452 across England. It was 95% full in 2025.

SATs results
In line with England
Ofsted
Good (2016)
Demand
Oversubscribed
Attendance
In line with England
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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

Westrop Primary & Nursery School in detail

Results

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

Results fell from 77% in reading and 79% in maths in 2024.

Getting a place at Westrop Primary & Nursery School

For September 2026 entry, 52 families put Westrop Primary & Nursery School as their first choice and 77 named it as one of their preferences, for 45 places offered. That is 1.2 first choices for every place. 7 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Admissions history and your chances at Westrop Primary & Nursery School

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to Westrop Primary & Nursery School are Southfield Junior School (0.5 miles, Good, 86% reading, 82% maths); Eastrop Infant School (0.5 miles, Good); South Marston Church of England Primary School (3.1 miles, Good, 60% reading, 60% maths); and St Leonard's Church of England Primary Academy (3.2 miles, Good, 67% reading, 67% maths).

Westrop Primary & Nursery School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 3 schools.

Southfield Junior SchoolEastrop Infant SchoolSouth Marston Church of England Primary SchoolSt Leonard's Church of England Primary Academy

Who goes there

14.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 12.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

Staffing

Westrop Primary & Nursery School had 22 teachers in 2026, one for every 14 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

Getting there

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Westrop Primary & Nursery School.

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Station Road (n-bound), 240 metres away.

The area around the school

In August 2026, police recorded 34 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Swindon (132).

Suspensions and exclusions

In 2024/25, Westrop Primary & Nursery School issued 15 suspensions, 3.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; DfE school workforce census; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics

Location

Likely (~967m)Possible (~1.4km)Unlikely (~1.8km)

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 GIAS
Head:Mrs Cindy Acres
Pupils:369
LA:Swindon
Phone:01793762897
Address:Newburgh Place, Highworth, Swindon, SN6 7DN
Status:open

Ofsted Rating

Ofsted · 4 years ago

This judgement is from November 2016, 9 years ago, longer than Ofsted's usual 4-year cycle: the school may have changed since.

-

Overall

Latest (ungraded) inspection: The school remains Good.

Inspected 11 October 2022View full report
URN:126253
UKPRN:10079745
Diocese:Not applicable
Constituency:Swindon North
Urban/Rural:Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city

Ofsted Insights

Ofsted rated this school Good at its November 2016 inspection - unchanged since its previous inspection.

Rated Good for

Leadership & management.

At a Glance

14.1%

Free School Meals

No

Boarding

Yes

Nursery

No

Sixth Form

No

Special Measures

Primary Performance (KS2)

Academic year 2024/25

KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)

2024
2025
Reading-4ppMaths-6ppWriting-2pp

Reading has declined from 77% to 73% (2024 to 2025). Maths has declined from 79% to 73% (2024 to 2025). Writing has remained stable at around 83% (2024 to 2025).

Class Sizes

26.8

Avg class size

25.8

Infant (KS1)

27.7

KS2

12

Total classes

2025/26 academic year

How Does This School Compare?

Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools

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Before and after school care

Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Westrop Primary & Nursery School.

  • TA Sport Stars Camp Camp WestropAt the school · Not yet graded

Term dates

Westrop Primary & Nursery School is a community school, so its term dates are set by Swindon. Training (INSET) days, when pupils are not in school, vary by school: check the school's own calendar.

2026 to 2027

  • Autumn term: Tuesday 1 September to Friday 18 December 2026 (half term Thursday 22 October to Friday 30 October 2026)
  • Spring term: Monday 4 January to Thursday 25 March 2027 (half term Monday 15 February to Friday 19 February 2027)
  • Summer term: Monday 12 April to Friday 23 July 2027 (half term Monday 31 May to Friday 4 June 2027)

2027 to 2028

  • Autumn term: Wednesday 1 September to Friday 17 December 2027 (half term Thursday 21 October to Friday 29 October 2027)
  • Spring term: Tuesday 4 January to Friday 31 March 2028 (half term Monday 14 February to Friday 18 February 2028)
  • Summer term: Tuesday 18 April to Tuesday 25 July 2028 (half term Monday 29 May to Friday 2 June 2028)

Source: Swindon term dates

Getting There

Bus Stops

Station Road (N-bound)
244m · 4 min walk
Folly Crescent (SE-bound)
301m · 5 min walk
Islay Crescent (E-bound)
312m · 5 min walk
Westrop (SE-bound)
331m · 5 min walk
The Plough (N-bound)
343m · 6 min walk

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Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
12
Fatal
0
Serious
2
Children hurt
3

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, 2 serious and 10 slight.

3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot.

4 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.

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  • How many families in Swindon got their first choice, and how often appeals there succeed.
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  • Key dates for September 2027 entry and how to apply.

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Capacity & Demand

School Occupancy

95%

Near capacity

298 pupils

315 places

17 spare places in 2025

2025, DfE school capacity data

Area Demand Pressure - Swindon

Low pressure
New homes approved:4,890
Projected new pupils:1,223

Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Swindon

Across Swindon council

Low demand council-wide0.79 applications per place

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.

This school: Oversubscribed

Inspection History(6)

11 October 2022

Ungraded inspection: The school remains Good.

15 November 2016
Leadership & ManagementGood
5 July 2012
Quality of EducationGood
Behaviour & AttitudesGood
Personal DevelopmentGood
Leadership & ManagementGood

SEND & SEN Provision

SEN Overview

59

SEN Support

15

EHC Plans

20.1%

of Total Pupils

2026 academic year

Provision & Specialist Facilities

No specialist provision recorded

Pupils by Need Type

Social, Emotional & Mental Health18
Speech, Language & Communication15
Specific Learning Difficulty13
Autistic Spectrum Disorder11
Moderate Learning Difficulty5
Physical Disability2
Other1
EHC Plan
SEN Support

Pupil Demographics

Ethnicity

White British
85.1%
Asian
1.7%
Black
4.1%
Mixed
4.9%
Chinese
0.3%
Other
1.1%
Unclassified
0.5%

2026 academic year

Key Indicators

Free School Meals14.1%
English as Additional Language12.5%

369

Total Pupils

194

Boys

175

Girls

2026 academic year

Workforce

22

Teachers

16.8:1

Pupil-teacher ratio

£47,354

Mean salary

2026 data

School Funding

£5,176

Per pupil

£1724k

Total funding

£85k

Pupil premium

Deprivation£88,133
EAL funding£12,450
Lump sum£146,185

2025-26 financial year allocations

Pupil Absence
2024/25

5.3%

Overall absence

10.9%

Persistent absence

267

Enrolments

Authorised4.4%
Unauthorised0.9%
Persistent (10%+)10.9%
Severe (50%+)1.1%

Absence trend

3.7%
18/19
3.3%
20/21
6.4%
21/22
6.6%
22/23
5.0%
23/24
5.3%
24/25
Overall absence rate

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 Westrop Primary & Nursery School

What are SATs results like at Westrop Primary & Nursery School?

Of the pupils at Westrop Primary & Nursery School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 73% reached the expected standard in reading and 73% did so in maths.

What is Westrop Primary & Nursery School's Ofsted rating?

Westrop Primary & Nursery School's most recent Ofsted inspection, in October 2022, was ungraded, so it gave no overall grade. At its last graded inspection, in November 2016, it was rated Good.

What is the catchment area for Westrop Primary & Nursery School?

No fixed boundary. When Westrop Primary & Nursery School is oversubscribed, Swindon allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.

Is it hard to get a place at Westrop Primary & Nursery School?

Westrop Primary & Nursery School was close to full in 2025, at 95% of its capacity.

How big are the classes at Westrop Primary & Nursery School?

Classes at Westrop Primary & Nursery School average 26.8 pupils (2025/26).

How many pupils go to Westrop Primary & Nursery School?

Westrop Primary & Nursery School has around 369 pupils on roll. 14% are eligible for free school meals.

What is attendance like at Westrop Primary & Nursery School?

5.3% of sessions were missed at Westrop Primary & Nursery School in 2024/25. 10.9% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

How do I apply to Westrop Primary & Nursery School?

Apply through Swindon's coordinated admissions process, naming Westrop Primary & Nursery School 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.

Does Westrop Primary & Nursery School have a breakfast club or after-school club?

Ofsted's childcare register lists an out-of-school club at the school: TA Sport Stars Camp Camp Westrop (registered, not yet graded). The school may also run its own clubs, which don't have to register with Ofsted.

What are Westrop Primary & Nursery School's term dates?

Westrop Primary & Nursery School is a community school, so its term dates are set by Swindon. In 2026 to 2027: Autumn term: Tuesday 1 September to Friday 18 December 2026 (half term Thursday 22 October to Friday 30 October 2026); Spring term: Monday 4 January to Thursday 25 March 2027 (half term Monday 15 February to Friday 19 February 2027); Summer term: Monday 12 April to Friday 23 July 2027 (half term Monday 31 May to Friday 4 June 2027). In 2027 to 2028: Autumn term: Wednesday 1 September to Friday 17 December 2027 (half term Thursday 21 October to Friday 29 October 2027); Spring term: Tuesday 4 January to Friday 31 March 2028 (half term Monday 14 February to Friday 18 February 2028); Summer term: Tuesday 18 April to Tuesday 25 July 2028 (half term Monday 29 May to Friday 2 June 2028).

How many road collisions happen near Westrop Primary & Nursery School?

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, 2 serious and 10 slight. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot. 4 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 Westrop Primary & Nursery School?

Westrop Primary & Nursery School is at Newburgh Place, Highworth, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN6 7DN.

Sources: Swindon term dates; Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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