OFSTED
Latest graded inspection
20 May 2025
Latest published outcome
Not judged
OEIF
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour & attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership & management
Good
SCHOOL DETAILS
About this school
School type
Free schools
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
—
Local authority
Swindon
Trust
EDUCATE TOGETHER ACADEMY TRUST
Census date
15 January 2026
PUPIL PROFILE
School community
Latest published pupil characteristics
for 2025/26.
2025/26
Total pupils
184
173 full-time ·
11 part-time
Female pupils
85
46.2% of pupils
Male pupils
99
53.8% of pupils
17.7 pts
below England
School
7.1%
Swindon
20.9%
South West
20.1%
England
24.8%
0.7 pts
below England
School
19.6%
Swindon
25.2%
South West
10.7%
England
20.3%
1.0 pts
below England
School
0.0%
Swindon
2.1%
South West
1.5%
England
1.0%
Ethnicity
Largest recorded pupil groups.
Any other White background
8.2%
15
White and Black Caribbean
5.4%
10
Any other ethnic group
2.7%
5
Council, regional and national comparisons
are pupil-weighted using published school
census counts.
ADDITIONAL NEEDS
Special educational needs
Pupils receiving SEN support or with an
education, health and care plan.
2025/26
Pupils with SEN
8.7%
16 of
184 pupils
12.1 pts
below England
England:
20.8%
SEN support
4.9%
9 pupils
England
14.8%
9.9 pts
below
EHC plans
3.8%
7 pupils
England
6.0%
2.2 pts
below
PRIMARY NEEDS
Most common identified needs
Pupils
Speech, language & communication
6
Social, emotional & mental health
4
Autistic spectrum disorder
2
Other difficulty or disability
2
No specialist assessment yet
1
SEN comparisons are pupil-weighted using published
2025/26 Department for Education school-level data.
Primary needs combine pupils receiving SEN support
and pupils with EHC plans.
ATTENDANCE & ABSENCE
Attendance profile
Published Department for Education
absence data for
2024/25.
Lower absence rates are generally
better.
2024/25
ABSENCE RATE
Overall absence
3.65%
Percentage of possible sessions missed.
2.56 pts
lower than
England
School
3.65%
Swindon
6.16%
South West
6.20%
England
6.22%
ABSENCE RATE
Persistent absence
1.39%
Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.
14.43 pts
lower than
England
School
1.39%
Swindon
15.33%
South West
15.08%
England
15.82%
ABSENCE RATE
Severe absence
1.39%
Pupils missing 50% or more of sessions.
0.41 pts
lower than
England
School
1.39%
Swindon
1.90%
South West
1.90%
England
1.80%
Council, regional and national
comparisons are averages of published
school-level percentages rather than
pupil-weighted official absence rates.
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?
School context
Comparison with open
primary schools.
CAPACITY
Capacity utilisation
40.0%
48.2 pts
below England
Abbey Farm Educate Together Primary
40.0%
Benchmarks use open schools in the
same phase. Capacity utilisation is
calculated from published pupil and
capacity figures.