Lainesmead Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Swindon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
23.49 miles
Published by Swindon Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Lainesmead Primary School and Nursery is a primary school in Swindon for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 17 May 2022. Swindon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Lainesmead Primary School and Nursery 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 | 23.49 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026: the last child offered a place lived 23.49 miles away, the 2nd longest of 57 Swindon primary schools with a published last distance.
- 24.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 14.2% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Swindon.
- Reception 2026 had 34 first-choice applications for 36 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 2024/25: 35% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Swindon.
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
- Southview Avenue, Old Walcot, Swindon, SN3 1EA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Swindon
- Pupils on roll
- 347 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 17 May 2022
Strengths
- “Lainesmead is a welcoming, nurturing and inclusive school and nursery.”
- “Leaders and staff work closely with parents to meet the needs of pupils in this culturally diverse community.”
- “Staff have high expectations of pupils.”
To improve
- “However, a few subjects need some further development to ensure that pupils build deeper knowledge, in readiness for the next stages of their education.”
- “However, in some subjects such as design technology, computing and history, sequences of learning do not focus sharply enough on the key knowledge all pupils must know.”
- “As a result, assessment lacks the precision needed to ensure that pupils know more and remember more of the most important knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 June 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) | 35% | 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: 34 first-preference applications, 36 offers in total, 34 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.
- Drove Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Cross Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Mountford Manor Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Rood Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- King William Street Church of England Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Lethbridge Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Goddard Park Community Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Oaktree Nursery and Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published