Badbury Park Primary School
Primary · Free schools · Ages 3–11 · Swindon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.756 miles
Published by Swindon Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Badbury Park Primary School is a primary school in Swindon for ages 3–11 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 24 January 2024. Swindon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Badbury Park 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 | 1.756 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026 the last place offered went to a child living 1.756 miles away, 27th shortest of the 57 Swindon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- 2026 Reception entry drew 55 first-choice applications for 58 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 9.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 23.8% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Swindon.
- There are 23.8 pupils per teacher, compared with a middle figure of 21.8 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
- Rainscombe Road, Coate, Swindon, SN3 6ER
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Swindon
- Pupils on roll
- 397 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 24 January 2024
Strengths
- “Badbury Park Primary School is a friendly and welcoming school.”
- “It is a nurturing and inclusive place to learn.”
- “The school’s ‘4 Bs’ values lie at the heart of its work.”
To improve
- “The school recognises that the curriculum needs further embedding.”
- “For example, in some foundation subjects the school has not yet identified the precise knowledge it wants pupils to know and remember.”
- “As a result, pupils do not always gain the depth of understanding they need to make links with previous learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 March 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 55 first-preference applications, 58 offers in total, 55 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.
- Liden Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Oaktree Nursery and Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lawn Primary and Nursery School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Eldene Nursery and Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Goddard Park Community Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Chiseldon Primary & Nursery School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- The Croft Primary School 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published