Academy converter · Primary
Swindon · SN1 3LB · Swindon
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
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OpenPrimaryURN 137074
Holy Rood Catholic Primary School
Academy converter · Swindon · SN1 2LU
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 4–11
Pupils
381
Local authority
Swindon
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 4–11, in Swindon, Swindon, 381 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 14.2%. Religious character: Roman Catholic. Diocese: Diocese of Clifton.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 137074
Location
- Address
- Groundwell Road
- Postcode
- SN1 2LU
- Town
- Swindon
- County
- Wiltshire
- Local authority
- Swindon
- District
- Swindon
- Constituency
- Swindon South
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 381
- Boys / girls
- 204 / 177
- School capacity
- 420
- Capacity fill
- 381 / 420 (91%)
- Free school meals
- 14.2%
- FSM pupils
- 54
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Diocese of Clifton
- Governance
- Academy trust: HOLY ROOD CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL
- Academy trust
- HOLY ROOD CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL
Contact
- Headteacher
- Naomi Fry
- Telephone
- 01793523802
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2022-05-04
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 78%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 12%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 107.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 110.0