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The White Horse Federation

The White Horse Federation is an academy trust running 30 schools (24 primary, 4 secondary and 2 special) in Wiltshire, Swindon, Oxfordshire and Reading.

Of its 16 schools with a graded Ofsted inspection, 100% are rated Good or Outstanding (2 outstanding, 14 good).

2 of its schools have been inspected under Ofsted's new report cards: 5 of their 13 graded areas were strong or exceptional.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43.7 in 2023/24, with a Progress 8 score of -0.11 (zero is the national average).

Across its primary schools, 64% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2023/24.

The trust is registered at Companies House as company 08075785, incorporated in 2012.

Sources: DfE GIAS and performance data, Ofsted, Companies House.

Schools in The White Horse Federation

SchoolPhaseAreaInspectionResults
Bowerhill Primary SchoolPrimaryMelkshamGood (2024)KS2 77%
Devizes SchoolSecondaryDevizes-A8 45.3
Drove Primary SchoolPrimarySwindonGood (2024)KS2 78%
Forest and Sandridge Church of England Primary SchoolPrimaryMelksham-KS2 85%
Gagle Brook Primary SchoolPrimaryBicesterGood (2022)KS2 59%
Gorse Hill Primary SchoolPrimarySwindonGood (2022)KS2 76%
Grange Infants' SchoolPrimarySwindon--
Grange Junior SchoolPrimarySwindonGood (2023)KS2 71%
Haydon Wick Primary SchoolPrimarySwindonOutstanding (2024)KS2 68%
Larkhill Primary SchoolPrimarySalisburyGood (2022)KS2 63%
Melksham Oak Community SchoolSecondaryMelkshamGood (2022)A8 41.4
Moredon Primary SchoolPrimarySwindonGood (2022)KS2 83%
Mountford Manor Primary SchoolPrimarySwindonGood (2023)KS2 74%
Nyland SchoolSpecialSwindonReport card: 2/6 strongKS2 3%
Rodbourne Cheney Primary SchoolPrimarySwindon-KS2 90%
Seend Church of England Primary SchoolPrimaryMelksham-KS2 74%
Shaw CE Primary SchoolPrimaryMelkshamGood (2022)KS2 74%
Southbroom Infants' SchoolPrimaryDevizes--
Southwold Primary SchoolPrimaryBicester-KS2 73%
St George's Church of England Primary School, SemingtonPrimaryTrowbridgeGood (2022)KS2 100%
St Luke's AcademySpecialSwindon-A8 2.6
St Mary & All Saints Church of England Primary SchoolPrimaryReading-KS2 71%
St Mary's Broughton Gifford Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary SchoolPrimaryMelkshamGood (2022)KS2 86%
The Croft Primary SchoolPrimarySwindon-KS2 85%
The Manor CofE VC Primary SchoolPrimaryMelksham-KS2 64%
The Ridgeway School & Sixth Form CollegeSecondarySwindonGood (2023)A8 53.5
Tregoze Primary SchoolPrimarySwindonReport card: 3/7 strongKS2 90%
West Kidlington Primary and Nursery SchoolPrimaryKidlington-KS2 85%
Whitelands AcademySecondaryBicesterGood (2023)A8 46.4
Zouch AcademyPrimaryTidworthOutstanding (2024)KS2 66%

Results are each school's latest: Attainment 8 for secondaries, KS2 reading and maths expected standard for primaries. The average state school in England scored 46.8 and 76% in 2025.

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