Schools and Education in Old Town

There are 93 schools within 5 miles of Old Town town centre, including 65 primary and 13 secondary schools. Of those inspected by Ofsted, 90% are rated Good or Outstanding. Notable Outstanding schools include East Wichel Primary School & Nursery, Rodbourne Cheney Primary School and Haydon Wick Primary School. There are 6 schools rated below Good, making individual research important for families.

Total Schools
93
Primary
65
Secondary
13
Good / Outstanding
90%

Ofsted Ratings Overview

51
5
Outstanding (3) Good (51) Requires Improvement (5) Inadequate (1) Not yet inspected (33)
East Wichel Primary School & Nursery Primary 0.8 miles Staldon Road, East Wichel, SWINDON, SN1 7AG Inspected: 25 January 2023 Rodbourne Cheney Primary School Primary 2.6 miles The Broadway, Swindon, SN25 3BN Inspected: 19 September 2023 Haydon Wick Primary School Primary 3 miles The Brow, Haydon Wick, Swindon, SN25 1HT Inspected: 23 July 2024
Lethbridge Primary School Primary 73 yards Lethbridge Road, Swindon, SN1 4BY Inspected: 18 July 2023 King William Street Church of England Primary School Primary 0.2 miles King William Street, Swindon, SN1 3LB Inspected: 09 May 2025 The Commonweal School Secondary 0.4 miles The Mall, Old Town, Swindon, SN1 4JE Inspected: 28 July 2023 Holy Rood Catholic Primary School Primary 0.6 miles Groundwell Road, Swindon, SN1 2LU Inspected: 01 July 2022 Lawn Manor Academy Secondary 0.7 miles Salcombe Grove, Swindon, SN3 1ER Inspected: 20 September 2023 Lainesmead Primary School and Nursery Primary 0.7 miles South View Avenue, Old Walcot, Swindon, SN3 1EA Inspected: 30 June 2022 Lawn Primary and Nursery School Primary 0.8 miles Cleeve Lawns, Swindon, SN3 1LE Inspected: 19 May 2023 Drove Primary School Primary 0.8 miles Plymouth Street, Swindon, SN1 3AH Inspected: 24 July 2024 Holy Cross Catholic Primary School Primary 1 miles Queens Drive, Swindon, SN3 1AR Inspected: 28 September 2023 St Joseph's Catholic College Secondary 1.2 miles Bedford Road, Swindon, SN3 3LR Inspected: 14 December 2023 Mountford Manor Primary School Primary 1.3 miles Bothwell Road, Walcot, Swindon, SN3 3EZ Inspected: 21 July 2023 Goddard Park Community Primary School Primary 1.5 miles Dulverton Avenue, Park North, Swindon, SN3 2QN Inspected: 26 September 2023 Gorse Hill Primary School Primary 1.6 miles Avening Street, Gorse Hill, Swindon, SN2 8BZ Inspected: 17 October 2022 The Ridgeway School & Sixth Form College Secondary 1.6 miles St Andrews Close, Wroughton, Swindon, SN4 9DJ Inspected: 15 June 2023 Eldene Nursery and Primary School Primary 1.8 miles N/A, Eldene, Swindon, SN3 3TQ Inspected: 26 May 2022 St Mary's Catholic Primary School Primary 1.8 miles Bessemer Road East, Swindon, SN2 1PE Inspected: 10 December 2024 Nyland School 1.9 miles The Drive, Nythe, Swindon, SN3 3RD Inspected: 10 December 2021 Lift Hazelwood Primary 2 miles Stokesay Drive, Toothill, Swindon, SN5 8DR Inspected: 07 December 2023 Liden Academy Primary 2 miles Liden Drive, Liden, Swindon, SN3 6EX Inspected: 24 January 2024 Badbury Park Primary School Primary 2.1 miles Rainscombe Road, Coate, Swindon, SN3 6ER Inspected: 01 March 2024 Westlea Primary School Primary 2.1 miles Langstone Way, Westlea, Swindon, SN5 7BT Inspected: 19 July 2023 Swindon Academy All-through 2.1 miles Beech Avenue, Swindon, SN2 1JR Inspected: 22 July 2022 The Dorcan Academy Secondary 2.2 miles St. Paul's Drive, Covingham, Swindon, SN3 5DA Inspected: 09 September 2022 Colebrook Junior School Primary 2.2 miles Towcester Road, Stratton St Margaret, Swindon, SN3 4AS Inspected: 26 June 2025 Colebrook Infant Academy Primary 2.2 miles Towcester Road, Coleview, Swindon, SN3 4AS Inspected: 26 January 2024 Oliver Tomkins Church of England Infant and Nursery School Primary 2.4 miles Yarmouth Close, Toothill, Swindon, SN5 8LW Inspected: 19 December 2023 Nova Hreod Academy Secondary 2.4 miles Akers Way, Moredon, Swindon, SN2 2NQ Inspected: 19 January 2023 Shaw Ridge Primary School Primary 2.4 miles Ridge Green, Shaw, Swindon, SN5 5PU Inspected: 12 May 2022 Grange Junior School Primary 2.5 miles Grange Drive, Stratton St Margaret, Swindon, SN3 4JY Inspected: 10 July 2023 Compass Community School Wheatley Park 2.5 miles Moredon Road, Rodbourne Cheney, Swindon, SN25 3DF Inspected: 25 June 2025 Moredon Primary School Primary 2.5 miles Moredon Road, Swindon, SN2 2JG Inspected: 14 November 2022 Beechcroft Infant School Primary 2.6 miles Beechcroft Road, Upper Stratton, Swindon, SN2 7QE Inspected: 08 May 2024 Ruskin Junior School Primary 2.7 miles Wordsworth Drive, Upper Stratton, Swindon, SN2 7NG Inspected: 18 October 2022 Grange Infants' School Primary 2.8 miles Delamere Drive, Stratton St Margaret, Swindon, SN3 4XE Inspected: 28 September 2023 Tregoze Primary School Primary 2.8 miles Sleaford Close, Grange Park, Swindon, SN5 6JU Inspected: 06 December 2021 St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Swindon Primary 2.8 miles Davenwood, Upper Stratton, Swindon, SN2 7LL Inspected: 19 September 2024 Kingsdown School Secondary 3 miles Hyde Road, Stratton St Margaret, Swindon, SN2 7SH Inspected: 09 May 2025 Peatmoor Community Primary School Primary 3.1 miles Pepperbox Hill, Peatmoor, Swindon, SN5 5DP Inspected: 19 October 2022 Chiseldon Primary & Nursery School Primary 3.3 miles Castle View Road, Chiseldon, Swindon, SN4 0NS Inspected: 19 May 2022 Abbey Meads Community Primary School Primary 3.5 miles Hugo Drive, Abbey Meads, Swindon, SN25 4GY Inspected: 28 June 2023 Orchid Vale Primary School Primary 3.6 miles Torun Way, Haydon End, Swindon, SN25 1UG Inspected: 18 October 2023 St Francis CofE Primary School Primary 3.7 miles Aiken Road, Taw Hill, Swindon, SN25 1UH Inspected: 10 May 2024 Abbey Park School Secondary 4.1 miles Greenwood Place, Redhouse Way, Swindon, SN25 2ND Inspected: 03 March 2023 Brimble Hill Special School 4.1 miles Greenwood Place, Redhouse, Swindon, SN25 2NB Inspected: 19 January 2024 Tadpole Farm CofE Primary Academy Primary 4.6 miles Greene Street, Tadpole Garden Village, Swindon, SN25 2QS Inspected: 01 March 2024 Churchward School 4.6 miles William Morris Way, Swindon, SN25 2PP Inspected: 10 March 2023 Great Western Academy Secondary 4.6 miles William Morris Way, Tadpole Garden Village, Swindon, SN25 2PP Inspected: 02 March 2023 William Morris Primary School Primary 4.6 miles William Morris Way, Tadpole Garden Village, Swindon, SN25 2PP Inspected: 19 January 2024 St Mary's Church of England Primary School & Nursery, Purton Primary 4.6 miles College Road, Purton, Swindon, SN5 4AR Inspected: 21 June 2023 Bradon Forest School Secondary 4.8 miles The Peak, Purton, Swindon, SN5 4AT Inspected: 16 May 2023 Longleaze Primary School Primary 5 miles Longleaze, Royal Wootton Bassett, Swindon, SN4 8BA Inspected: 21 November 2022
New College Swindon 16 plus 1 miles New College Drive, Swindon, SN3 1AH Inspected: 15 May 2025 UTC Swindon Secondary 1.1 miles Church Place, Swindon, SN1 5ET Inspected: 09 September 2025 Kingfisher CE Academy Primary 1.4 miles Deanery Drive, Wichelstowe, Swindon, SN1 7DA Inspected: 26 March 2024 Seven Fields Primary School Primary 2.8 miles Leigh Road, Penhill, Swindon, SN2 5DE Inspected: 20 October 2023 Uplands School 4.1 miles Greenwood Place, Tadpole Lane, Swindon, SN25 2NB Inspected: 16 September 2024
Maranatha Christian School 4.8 miles Swindon Road, Sevenhampton, SN6 7SQ Inspected: 20 March 2018
The Croft Primary School Primary 0.3 miles N/A, Swindon, SN3 1RA Robert Le Kyng Primary School Primary 1 miles Westcott Street, Swindon, SN1 5HS Oaktree Nursery and Primary School Primary 1.3 miles Priory Road, Park South, Swindon, SN3 2HA The Deanery CofE Academy Secondary 1.4 miles Deanery Drive, Wichelstowe, Swindon, SN1 7DA Wroughton Junior School Primary 1.5 miles Inverary Road, Wroughton, Swindon, SN4 9DL EOTAS Swindon 1.6 miles Ferndale Road, Ferndale, Swindon, SN2 1HL Ferndale Primary School & Nursery Primary 1.6 miles Wiltshire Avenue, Swindon, SN2 1NX Even Swindon Primary School Primary 1.7 miles Pasture Close, Raybrook Park, Swindon, SN2 2UJ Holy Family Catholic Primary School Primary 1.7 miles Marlowe Avenue, Swindon, SN3 2PT Wroughton Infant School Primary 2 miles Wharf Road, Wroughton, Swindon, SN4 9LE The Chalet School 2 miles Liden Drive, Liden, Swindon, SN3 6EX Crowdys Hill School 2.1 miles Jefferies Avenue, Swindon, SN2 7HJ Covingham Park Primary School Primary 2.2 miles The Harriers, Covingham Park, Swindon, SN3 5BD Connex 2.3 miles Green Road, Headlands Grove Trading Estate, Swindon, SN2 7JQ Oliver Tomkins Church of England Junior School Primary 2.4 miles Yarmouth Close, Toothill, Swindon, SN5 8LW Millbrook Primary School Primary 2.5 miles Worsley Road, Freshbrook, Swindon, SN5 8NU Greenmeadow Primary School Primary 2.7 miles Pen Close, Greenmeadow, Swindon, SN25 3LW Brook Field Primary School Primary 2.8 miles Cartwright Drive, Shaw, Swindon, SN5 5SB St Luke's Academy 2.9 miles Cricklade Road, Swindon, SN2 7AS Inspected: 21 September 2022 Lydiard Park Academy Secondary 3 miles Grange Park Way, Grange Park, Swindon, SN5 6HN Inspected: 19 January 2024 Catherine Wayte Primary School Primary 3.2 miles Elstree Way, Abbey Meads, Swindon, SN25 4TA Haydonleigh Primary School Primary 3.2 miles Haydon Court Drive, Haydon Wick, Swindon, SN25 1JP Ridgeway Farm CofE Academy Primary 3.4 miles Upper Ox Hill, Purton, Swindon, SN5 4GT Wanborough Primary School Primary 3.5 miles The Beanlands, Wanborough, Swindon, SN4 0EJ South Marston Church of England Primary School Primary 3.7 miles Old Vicarage Lane, South Marston, Swindon, SN3 4SH Bridlewood Primary School Primary 3.8 miles Chartwell Road, Swindon, SN25 2EX Red Oaks Primary School Primary 4.1 miles Greenwood Place, Swindon, SN25 2AN Abbey Farm Educate Together Primary Primary 4.2 miles Diamond Crescent, Abbey Farm, Swindon, SN25 2SJ Oakhurst Community Primary School Primary 4.2 miles Pioneer Road, Oakhurst, Swindon, SN25 2HY Lydiard Millicent CofE Primary School Primary 4.2 miles The Butts, Lydiard Millicent, Swindon, SN5 3LR St Leonard's Church of England Primary Academy Primary 4.4 miles Linley Road, Blunsdon, Swindon, SN26 7AP Inspected: 11 September 2024 Wootton Bassett Children's Centre 5 miles Longleaze, Byron Avenue, Wootton Bassett, SN4 8BA Inspected: 24 May 2012 Wootton Bassett Children's Centre 5 miles Longleaze, Byron Avenue, Wootton Bassett, SN4 8BA