Paxcroft Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Trowbridge, Wiltshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
8.302 miles
Published by Wiltshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Paxcroft Primary School is a primary school in Trowbridge, Wiltshire for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Wiltshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Paxcroft 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 | 8.302 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 8.302 miles away, the 20th longest of 192 Wiltshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 3.68 miles).
- There were 37 first-choice applications for 37 Reception 2026 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 26.8% of pupils, against a middle figure of 25.6% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Wiltshire.
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
- Ashton Street, Trowbridge, BA14 7EB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Wiltshire
- Pupils on roll
- 276 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 26.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 37 first-preference applications, 37 offers in total, 37 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.
- Bellefield Primary and Nursery School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Mead Community Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Castle Mead School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Willowbrook Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hilperton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Newtown Community Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St John's Catholic Primary School, Trowbridge 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holbrook Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published