St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Swindon
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Swindon · SN2 7LL · Swindon
Ages 2–11
- KS272%
- Absence4.6%
- FSM8.6%
- Demand1.00
0.4 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: School remains GoodURN 126210
Beechcroft Infant School
Community school · Swindon · SN2 7QE
Ages 4–7 · 219 pupils · Swindon
Ofsted
School remains Good
Overall absence
6.5%
Admissions demand
0.97 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2024-05-07
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence6.5%
Persistent absence (10%+)19.9%
Unauthorised1.5%
- Authorised absence
- 4.9%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.6%
- Enrolments in measure
- 166
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.97 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
69
Places offered
71
1st-preference offers
69
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 105
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 71
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill81%
219 pupils · 270 places
- Pupils on roll
- 219
- Boys / girls
- 115 / 104
- School capacity
- 270
- Capacity fill
- 219 / 270 (81%)
- Free school meals
- 14.2%
- FSM pupils
- 31
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 4–7
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jo-Anne Rutt
Location
- Address
- Beechcroft Road, Upper Stratton, Beechcroft Infants School
- Postcode
- SN2 7QE
- Town
- Swindon
- County
- Wiltshire
- Local authority
- Swindon
- District
- Swindon
- Constituency
- Swindon North
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (primary), Ages 4–7, in Swindon, Swindon, 219 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 14.2%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Ruskin Junior School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Swindon · SN2 7NG · Swindon
Ages 7–11
- KS260%
- Absence6.5%
- FSM37.8%
0.5 miles away
Seven Fields Primary School
Ofsted: Requires improvementAcademy converter · Primary
Swindon · SN2 5DE · Swindon
Ages 2–11
- KS226%
- Absence8.6%
- FSM69.9%
- Demand1.00
0.7 miles away
Grange Infants' School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Swindon · SN3 4XE · Swindon
Ages 5–7
- Absence6.1%
- FSM11.5%
- Demand1.00
0.9 miles away
Gorse Hill Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Swindon · SN2 8BZ · Swindon
Ages 2–11
- KS266%
- Absence5.2%
- FSM16.8%
- Demand1.00
1.0 miles away
Greenmeadow Primary School
Ofsted: Standards maintainedAcademy converter · Primary
Swindon · SN25 3LW · Swindon
Ages 4–11
- KS271%
- Absence3.7%
- FSM28.0%
- Demand0.92
1.1 miles away
Grange Junior School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Swindon · SN3 4JY · Swindon
Ages 7–11
- KS254%
- Absence6.3%
- FSM18.9%
1.1 miles away
Abbey Meads Community Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Swindon · SN25 4GY · Swindon
Ages 2–11
- KS278%
- Absence4.6%
- FSM22.5%
- Demand1.00
1.3 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jo-Anne Rutt
- Telephone
- 01793823278