Peatmoor Community Primary School

Peatmoor Community Primary School continues to perform well, maintaining its status as a good school since its last inspection in May 2017. The vibrant school environment fosters a genuine love for learning among pupils, who express enthusiasm for reading and engage positively in their education. Parents appreciate the strong communication from the school and the care shown by staff. However, while the curriculum is broadly ambitious, some subjects require improvement in the depth of learning provided to ensure all students fully grasp key concepts.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate a strong enthusiasm for learning and reading.
• High expectations for both learning and behaviour set by staff.
• Well-designed mathematics curriculum with strong subject knowledge among teachers.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND, ensuring they learn alongside their peers.
• Positive relationships between pupils and staff contribute to a nurturing learning environment.
• Wide range of enrichment activities helps develop pupils' broader skills.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects do not effectively deepen pupils' understanding of key concepts.

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 Peatmoor Community Primary School attended 94.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.9% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Peatmoor Community 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 Peatmoor Community Primary School had 21.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 2.2% 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, 9.9% of pupils at Peatmoor Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

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 Peatmoor Community Primary School received £6,710 and spent £6,981 for each of its 192 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £28,000 (-£145 per pupil).

Across all 9 schools of Grove Learning Trust, income was £6,237 and spending £6,421 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

Peatmoor Community Primary School is part of Grove Learning Trust, which runs 9 schools. The nearest others:

• Shaw Ridge Primary School Swindon
• Haydonleigh Primary School Swindon
• Oakhurst Community Primary School Swindon
• Millbrook Primary School Swindon
• Wroughton Junior School Swindon
• Wroughton Infant School Swindon
• Southfield Junior School Swindon
• Eastrop Infant School Swindon

What is Peatmoor Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Peatmoor Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in October 2022.

When was Peatmoor Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Peatmoor Community Primary School was last inspected in October 2022.

How many pupils does Peatmoor Community Primary School have?

Peatmoor Community Primary School has 192 pupils on roll.

What age range does Peatmoor Community Primary School cover?

Peatmoor Community Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Peatmoor Community Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 44% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Peatmoor Community Primary School?

Peatmoor Community Primary School is at Pepperbox Hill, Peatmoor, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN5 5DP.