Holy Rood Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Swindon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.865 miles
Published by Swindon Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Holy Rood Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Swindon for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 4 May 2022. Swindon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Holy Rood Catholic 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 | 1.865 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 80% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Swindon.
- The 2026 Reception last distance offered was 1.865 miles, close to the middle figure of 1.86 miles across the 57 Swindon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 38 first-choice applications for 39 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family ranking it second or lower.
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
- Groundwell Road, Swindon, SN1 2LU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Swindon
- Pupils on roll
- 381 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 4 May 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend Holy Rood Catholic Primary School.”
- “They flourish in the school’s warm and inclusive ethos.”
- “Pupils’ attitudes reflect the school’s wellestablished values of fairness, compassion and loyalty.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of foundation subjects, curriculum leaders are unclear about the learning that takes place in early years.”
- “This means that, in these subjects, the curriculum in key stage 1 does not build on what pupils have learned before.”
- “In a few foundation subjects, teachers’ checks on what pupils know and remember are not consistently effective.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 July 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) | 80% | 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: 38 first-preference applications, 39 offers in total, 38 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.
- King William Street Church of England Primary School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Drove Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Lainesmead Primary School and Nursery 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Lethbridge Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holy Cross Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Robert Le Kyng Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Croft Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Mountford Manor Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published