Colebrook Infant Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–7 · Swindon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.574 miles
Published by Swindon Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Colebrook Infant Academy is a primary school in Swindon for ages 5–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 30 November 2023. Swindon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Colebrook Infant Academy 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 | 2.574 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 2.574 miles away, 17th longest of 57 Swindon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle: 1.86 miles).
- For Reception 2026 there were 40 first-choice applications for 40 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; the published admission number for Reception 2027 is 45 places.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 3.8% of pupils, against a middle figure of 18.9% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Swindon.
- There are 21.7 pupils per teacher, compared with a middle figure of 23.5 across 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
- Towcester Road, Coleview, Swindon, SN3 4AS
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–7
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Swindon
- Pupils on roll
- 130 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 3.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 30 November 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at Colebrook Infant Academy thrive.”
- “They are proud to be part of the school and attend well.”
- “The values of ‘kindness, respect and resilience’ are central to the ethos and culture of the school.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, teaching does not respond well to what assessment highlights.”
- “In some cases, this results in pupils not learning key content securely before they move on.”
- “In other cases, pupils do not move on to more complex learning when they are ready to do so.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 January 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 40 first-preference applications, 40 offers in total, 40 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.
- Colebrook Junior School 0.0 mi Standards maintained
- Nythe Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Covingham Park Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Grange Junior School 0.7 mi Good
- Goddard Park Community Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Mountford Manor Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Grange Infants' School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published