Beechcroft Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–7 · Swindon
Beechcroft Infant School is a primary school in Swindon for ages 4–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 14 March 2024. Swindon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- Beechcroft Road, Upper Stratton, Beechcroft Infants School, Swindon, SN2 7QE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Swindon
- Pupils on roll
- 219 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 14 March 2024
Strengths
- “The school is welcoming, inclusive and nurturing.”
- “The school’s values of ‘ready, respectful and safe’ underpin all that it does.”
- “The school has a tangible ‘family feel’.”
To improve
- “Assessment is well-established for core subjects, but less developed in some foundation subjects.”
- “However, in some subjects this is not yet effective.”
- “The information is not used well in all subjects so as to improve the curriculum to address misconceptions and gaps in knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 May 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 65 first-preference applications, 67 offers in total, 65 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Last distance offered and catchment
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- Last distance offered for Reception 2026, as Swindon published it, drawn on the map
- The council’s catchment or priority area for this school on the map
- Crime, sold prices, broadband and transport around the school
A last distance offered describes one past year and is not a catchment or a promise of a place. Check with the council before you apply.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Swindon.
- St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Swindon 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ruskin Junior School 0.5 mi Good
- Seven Fields Primary School 0.7 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Grange Infants' School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Gorse Hill Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Greenmeadow Primary School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Grange Junior School 1.1 mi Good
- Abbey Meads Community Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published