Wootton Bassett Infants' School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–7 · Swindon, Wiltshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.047 miles
Published by Wiltshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Wootton Bassett Infants' School is a primary school in Swindon, Wiltshire for ages 4–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 24 January 2023. Wiltshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Wootton Bassett Infants' 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 | 2.047 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 the last Reception place went to a child living 2.047 miles away, the 60th shortest of 192 Wiltshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 17 first-choice applications for 17 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- The school has 15.1 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.3 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Wiltshire.
- Its latest Ofsted outcome was Good (24 January 2023); among the 8 nearest primary schools in Wiltshire, 4 are Good and 2 Requires improvement.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Wiltshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- High Street, Royal Wootton Bassett, Swindon, SN4 7BS
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Council
- Wiltshire
- Pupils on roll
- 86 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 24 January 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils describe their school as kind and friendly.”
- “They say that everyone is welcome.”
- “Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), enjoy learning a wide range of subjects, including art, geography and computing.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils who struggle to read do not have books that precisely match the sounds they know.”
- “This hinders their ability to read fluently and with confidence.”
- “However, in some subjects, leaders have not identified the important knowledge they want pupils to know.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 March 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 17 first-preference applications, 17 offers in total, 17 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 Wiltshire.
- Noremarsh Junior School 0.4 mi Not judged
- St Bartholomew's Primary Academy 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Longleaze Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lydiard Millicent CofE Primary School 2.7 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Broad Town Church of England Primary School 2.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lyneham Primary School 3.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Brinkworth Earl Danby's Church of England Primary 3.4 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School & Nursery, Purton 3.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published