Eastrop Infant School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–7 · Swindon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
6.512 miles
Published by Swindon Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Eastrop Infant School is a primary school in Swindon for ages 2–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 13 July 2022. Swindon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Eastrop Infant 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 | 6.512 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 6.512 miles away, 4th longest of 57 Swindon primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.86 miles).
- Reception 2026 drew 31 first-choice applications for 35 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Of the 54 Reception 2026 applications, 6 (11%) came from families living outside Swindon, and 2 offers went to them.
- There are 25.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.7 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Swindon; 8.9% are eligible for free school meals (middle figure 14.1%).
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
- Eastrop, Highworth, Swindon, SN6 7AP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–7
- Council
- Swindon
- Pupils on roll
- 135 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 13 July 2022
Strengths
- “Staff have high expectations of what pupils can achieve.”
- “The vast majority of parents agree with this view.”
- “They appreciate the care and guidance their children receive.”
To improve
- “Some subjects within the wider curriculum are not planned in sufficient detail.”
- “The key knowledge that teachers want pupils to know is not explicit enough.”
- “For example, in physical education (PE), pupils are unable to talk about the key concepts they should know and remember with confidence.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 September 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 31 first-preference applications, 35 offers in total, 31 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.
- Southfield Junior School 0.2 mi Standards maintained
- Westrop Primary & Nursery School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- South Marston Church of England Primary School 2.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Leonard's Church of England Primary Academy 3.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Swindon 3.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Grange Infants' School 3.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Ruskin Junior School 3.6 mi Good
- Grange Junior School 3.9 mi Good