Mountford Manor Primary School

Mountford Manor Primary School is performing well overall, illustrating a consistent level of quality in education, behaviour, personal development, leadership, and early years provision. The school provides a happy and safe environment for pupils, supported by strong adult supervision and positive relationships among students and staff. Pupils engage enthusiastically in their learning and extracurricular activities, signifying a robust commitment to both academic and personal growth. Despite its strengths, there remain some areas for improvement, particularly in ensuring that the curriculum is fully embedded across all subjects, as this has affected pupils' ability to recall previous learning consistently. This inspection marks the first routine assessment since the COVID-19 pandemic, with inspectors accounting for the disruptions faced during this period in their evaluation.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy a happy and safe learning environment.
• Positive relationships between pupils and adults.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
• Strong emphasis on reading, with exposure to diverse texts.
• Well-sequenced curriculum in early years and across subjects.
• Leaders are responsive to teachers' workload and well-being.
• Pupils have opportunities for personal development, including extracurricular activities.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum is not fully embedded in some subjects, impacting retention of past learning.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Mountford Manor Primary School attended 94.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.5% of pupils at Mountford Manor Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Mountford Manor Primary School had 23.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 27.5% of pupils at Mountford Manor Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has a SEN unit with 5 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Mountford Manor Primary School received £8,296 and spent £7,945 for each of its 195 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £121,000 (£622 per pupil).

Across all 30 schools of The White Horse Federation, income was £7,712 and spending £7,474 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Swindon · Swindon local authority: places and applications

Mountford Manor Primary School is part of The White Horse Federation, which runs 30 schools. The nearest others:

• Drove Primary School Swindon
• Nyland School Swindon
• Gorse Hill Primary School Swindon
• Grange Junior School Swindon
• The Croft Primary School Swindon
• Grange Infants' School Swindon
• St Luke's Academy Swindon
• Rodbourne Cheney Primary School Swindon
• Moredon Primary School Swindon
• The Ridgeway School & Sixth Form College Swindon

What is Mountford Manor Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Mountford Manor Primary School is Good, from an inspection in July 2023.

When was Mountford Manor Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Mountford Manor Primary School was last inspected in July 2023.

How many pupils does Mountford Manor Primary School have?

Mountford Manor Primary School has 204 pupils on roll.

What age range does Mountford Manor Primary School cover?

Mountford Manor Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Mountford Manor Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Mountford Manor Primary School?

Mountford Manor Primary School is at Bothwell Road, Walcot, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN3 3EZ.