Primary
Bishopstone Church of England Primary School
Bishopstone, Swindon, SN6 8PW
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 35 of 49 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 12.4
- Local authority
- Swindon
- Religious character
- Yes
- Diocese
- Diocese of Bristol
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 3.3
- All staff (FTE)
- 4.6
- Pupils per adult
- 9.0
- Pupils
- 41
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected April 2024
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
November 2021
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
SATs results
89%
27 points above the Swindon average (62% across 59 schools)
108.0
2.9 above the Swindon average (105.1 across 59 schools)
48th of 64 by our score, among the primary schools in Swindon we can score - 80 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2023/2024
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 107 |
| Average reading score | 108 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 89% |
| Working at a higher standard | 0% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Bishopstone, Swindon, SN6 8PW
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Swindon admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Robin Smith
- Address
- Bishopstone, Swindon, SN6 8PW
- Telephone
- 01793790521