Wootton Bassett Infants' School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Swindon · SN4 7BS · Wiltshire
Ages 4–7
- Absence4.2%
- FSM8.1%
- Demand1.00
0.4 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: Not judgedURN 146421
Noremarsh Junior School
Academy converter · Swindon · SN4 8BT
Ages 7–11 · 169 pupils · Wiltshire
Ofsted
Not judged
KS2 expected (RWM)
54%
Overall absence
4.2%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2025-07-08
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)54%
Higher standard (RWM)7%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 104.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence4.2%
Persistent absence (10%+)9.4%
Unauthorised0.8%
- Authorised absence
- 3.4%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 1.2%
- Enrolments in measure
- 244
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill63%
169 pupils · 270 places
- Pupils on roll
- 169
- Boys / girls
- 85 / 84
- School capacity
- 270
- Capacity fill
- 169 / 270 (63%)
- Free school meals
- 15.4%
- FSM pupils
- 26
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 7–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: ASCEND LEARNING TRUST
- Academy trust
- ASCEND LEARNING TRUST
- Sponsor
- Royal Wootton Bassett Academy Trust
- Headteacher
- Mrs Hilary MacMeekin
Location
- Address
- Clarendon Drive, Royal Wootton Bassett
- Postcode
- SN4 8BT
- Town
- Swindon
- County
- Wiltshire
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
- District
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Chippenham
- 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 academy converter (primary), Ages 7–11, in Swindon, Wiltshire, 169 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 15.4%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
St Bartholomew's Primary Academy
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Royal Wootton Bassett · SN4 8AZ · Wiltshire
Ages 4–11
- KS252%
- Absence4.6%
- FSM16.8%
- Demand1.00
0.4 miles away
Longleaze Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodFoundation school · Primary
Swindon · SN4 8BA · Wiltshire
Ages 4–11
- KS268%
- Absence5.6%
- FSM19.4%
- Demand0.97
0.5 miles away
Lydiard Millicent CofE Primary School
Ofsted: School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 NextAcademy converter · Primary
Swindon · SN5 3LR · Wiltshire
Ages 4–11
- KS242%
- Absence5.7%
- FSM5.0%
- Demand1.00
2.5 miles away
Millbrook Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Primary
Swindon · SN5 8NU · Swindon
Ages 3–11
- KS251%
- Absence4.6%
- FSM15.1%
- Demand1.00
2.6 miles away
Broad Town Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Swindon · SN4 7RE · Wiltshire
Ages 4–11
- Absence6.0%
- FSM9.1%
- Demand1.00
2.8 miles away
Tregoze Primary School
Ofsted: Expected standardAcademy converter · Primary
Swindon · SN5 6JU · Swindon
Ages 4–11
- KS281%
- Absence4.3%
- FSM13.6%
- Demand1.07
2.8 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Hilary MacMeekin
- Telephone
- 01793852250