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Schools in Swindon

90 schools in the Swindon local authority.

Schools

90

Open schools

Pupils

36,777

2025–26 census

Good or better

90%

73 of 81 graded

Academic Performance

4.7

out of 10 · 85 schools

Ofsted ratings

Outstanding
3 4%
Good
70 86%
Requires improvement
7 9%
Inadequate
1 1%
4 inspected since 2024, no overall grade6 superseded by a report card5 not judged1 in a category of concern
4.7
Academic Performance

Averaged over 85 of 90 schools that can be scored

Pupils

36,777

pupils on roll

Boys 51%49% Girls

Roll from 89 of 90 schools (36,777 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Ethnicity

White
67%
Asian
16%
Black
6%
Mixed
7%
Chinese
<1%
Any other group
2%
Unclassified
1%

Ethnicity from 87 of 90 schools (36,658 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Pupil characteristics

Free school meals
21.0%

7,689 of 36,658 pupils · 87 of 90 schools

First language not English
25.2%

9,256 of 36,658 pupils · 87 of 90 schools

Young carers
2.1%

783 of 36,658 pupils · 87 of 90 schools

Schools by phase

Primary
66
Secondary
14
All-through
1
Special
8
PRU
1

Top primary schools in Swindon

The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Top secondary schools in Swindon

The highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Browse all 90 schools in Swindon — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.

About schools in Swindon

How many schools are there in Swindon?
Swindon has 90 open schools — 66 primary, 14 secondary, 8 special, teaching 36,777 pupils in total.
How many schools in Swindon are rated Good or Outstanding?
73 of the 81 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 90% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 3 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 90: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
What is the average Academic Performance in Swindon?
4.7 out of 10, averaged across the 85 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
Why do some Swindon schools have no Ofsted rating?
9 schools in Swindon currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
What does Swindon local authority do?
A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Swindon covers 90 schools and sits in the South West region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
How many pupils in Swindon are eligible for free school meals?
21.0% — 7,689 of 36,658 pupils at the 87 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.

Part of the South West region.