Abbey Park School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Swindon
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.901 miles
Published by Swindon Borough Council · offers on 2 March 2026
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Abbey Park School is a secondary school in Swindon for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 17 January 2023. Swindon has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2026 entry.
Abbey Park 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 0.901 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Year 7 2026 had 303 first-choice applications for 240 offers, 1.3 first choices per offer, the highest of 12 Swindon secondary schools.
- In Year 7 2026, 239 offers went to first-choice families and 64 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 0.901 miles away, the shortest of 9 Swindon secondary schools with a published last distance.
- In 2024/25, 51% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary 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
- The Learning Campus, Redhouse Way, Swindon, SN25 2ND
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Swindon
- Pupils on roll
- 1,193 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 17 January 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to talk about their school.”
- “Leaders are ambitious for pupils.”
- “The new ‘Abbey Park Proud’ vision sets out the high expectations leaders have for pupils.”
To improve
- “A minority of pupils sometimes behave in challenging ways.”
- “However, leaders recognise that pupils do not always see the actions taken when dealing with reports.”
- “However, a small number of pupils receive this extra help when other pupils are learning modern foreign languages.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 March 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 51% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 46.2 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 303 first-preference applications, 240 offers in total, 239 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Swindon.
- Great Western Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Nova Hreod Academy 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Kingsdown School 2.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- UTC Swindon 3.1 mi Requires improvement
- Lydiard Park Academy 3.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic College 3.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Commonweal School 4.0 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- The Deanery CofE Academy 4.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published