The Mead Community Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Trowbridge, Wiltshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.738 miles
Published by Wiltshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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The Mead Community Primary School is a primary school in Trowbridge, Wiltshire for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 26 February 2025. Wiltshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
The Mead Community 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 | 1.738 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 8.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 26% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Wiltshire.
- In 2026, the last child offered a Reception place under one of its admission criteria lived 1.738 miles from the school.
- In 2024/25, 56% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Wiltshire that have results, 56% in 2024/25 reading, writing and maths ranked 3rd highest.
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
- Hackett Place, Hilperton, Trowbridge, BA14 7GN
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Wiltshire
- Pupils on roll
- 489 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 26 February 2025
Strengths
- “This is a happy, welcoming and inclusive school.”
- “The school’s core value: ‘every child, every chance’ underpins all the school does.”
- “Staff form caring relationships with pupils so pupils feel safe and valued.”
To improve
- “However, improvements in some areas of the curriculum, including how pupils’ knowledge is checked, are not yet fully or consistently embedded.”
- “This means some pupils have gaps in their knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 March 2025 (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) | 56% | 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: 50 first-preference applications, 50 offers in total, 50 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.
- Castle Mead School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Paxcroft Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hilperton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bellefield Primary and Nursery School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Willowbrook Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Newtown Community Primary School 1.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St John's Catholic Primary School, Trowbridge 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holbrook Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published