Chiseldon Primary & Nursery School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Swindon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
8.129 miles
Published by Swindon Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Chiseldon Primary & Nursery School is a primary school in Swindon for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 March 2022. Swindon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Chiseldon Primary & Nursery School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 8.129 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, the last distance offered was 8.129 miles, the 3rd longest of 57 Swindon primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.86 miles).
- For Reception 2026, there were 14 first-choice applications for 16 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 62% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 14% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Swindon schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Castle View Road, Chiseldon, Swindon, SN4 0NS
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Swindon
- Pupils on roll
- 168 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 8 March 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are confident and resilient learners.”
- “Leaders are ambitious for pupils to develop academically and personally.”
- “Pupils take on the challenges set for them and are proud of their achievements.”
To improve
- “In a small number of subjects, older pupils currently do not remember some of the key knowledge they learned previously.”
- “This means that they find it difficult to acquire new knowledge.”
- “Currently, there is not enough opportunity for teachers to use these books for practice in school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 May 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 62% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 14 first-preference applications, 16 offers in total, 14 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Swindon.
- Badbury Park Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Liden Academy 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Wanborough Primary School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lawn Primary and Nursery School 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Oaktree Nursery and Primary School 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Eldene Nursery and Primary School 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
- The Croft Primary School 2.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Goddard Park Community Primary School 3.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published