Broad Town Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Swindon, Wiltshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.602 miles
Published by Wiltshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Broad Town Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Swindon, Wiltshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 18 July 2023. Wiltshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Broad Town Church of England Primary 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 | 2.602 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 63% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The Reception 2026 last distance offered was 2.602 miles, 76th shortest of 192 Wiltshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance, where the middle figure was 3.68 miles.
- Reception 2026 had 8 first-choice applications for 8 offers; 2 of the 17 applications (12%) came from families living outside Wiltshire, and 0 offers went to them.
- With 44 pupils on roll in January 2026, there are 11.5 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 18 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Wiltshire.
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
- Broad Town, Wootton Bassett, Swindon, SN4 7RE
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Wiltshire
- Pupils on roll
- 44 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 11.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 18 July 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending Broad Town Church of England Primary School.”
- “They are polite, kind and respectful towards one another.”
- “Relationships with adults are positive.”
To improve
- “However, this is not the case in some wider curriculum subjects.”
- “In history, leaders have not identified all of the substantive knowledge they want pupils to know and remember.”
- “This means that pupils do not develop a depth of understanding in some historical concepts.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 September 2023 (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) | 63% | 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: 8 first-preference applications, 8 offers in total, 8 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.
- Broad Hinton Church of England Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Noremarsh Junior School 2.8 mi Not judged
- Wootton Bassett Infants' School 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Longleaze Primary School 3.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Bartholomew's Primary Academy 3.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Lyneham Primary School 3.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hilmarton Primary School 4.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Lydiard Millicent CofE Primary School 4.7 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published