Abbey Meads Community Primary School

Abbey Meads Community Primary School has demonstrated strong overall performance, achieving a rating of 'Good' in its first inspection. The school fosters an inclusive and nurturing environment where pupils excel both academically and in personal development, with an outstanding rating for behavior and attitudes. The leadership encourages high expectations and cooperation among staff and students alike, contributing to a supportive community highly valued by parents and carers. The curriculum is well-structured and ambitious, although there are areas for improvement in assessing pupil learning in a few subjects.

Strengths

• Inclusive and welcoming school environment
• Outstanding behavior and attitudes of pupils
• Strong relationships built between staff and pupils
• Well-crafted and ambitious curriculum
• Effective support for pupils with SEND
• Exceptional opportunities for personal development and extracurricular activities
• High expectations for pupil conduct

Areas for Improvement

• Assessment practices in a few subjects do not accurately reflect pupil understanding

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 Abbey Meads Community Primary School attended 95.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.2% 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 Abbey Meads 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 Abbey Meads Community Primary School had 24.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.6% 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, 12.2% of pupils at Abbey Meads Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.2% 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 Abbey Meads Community Primary School received £6,746 and spent £6,961 for each of its 444 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £102,000 (£230 per pupil).

Across all 25 schools of The Blue Kite Academy Trust, income was £6,244 and spending £6,337 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

Abbey Meads Community Primary School is part of The Blue Kite Academy Trust, which runs 27 schools. The nearest others:

• Catherine Wayte Primary School Swindon
• Greenmeadow Primary School Swindon
• Tadpole Farm CofE Primary Academy Swindon
• St Leonard's Church of England Primary Academy Swindon
• Beechcroft Infant School Swindon
• William Morris Primary School Swindon
• Ruskin Junior School Swindon
• Ferndale Primary School & Nursery Swindon
• Ridgeway Farm CofE Academy Swindon
• Even Swindon Primary School Swindon

What is Abbey Meads Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Abbey Meads Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in June 2023.

When was Abbey Meads Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Abbey Meads Community Primary School was last inspected in June 2023.

How many pupils does Abbey Meads Community Primary School have?

Abbey Meads Community Primary School has 417 pupils on roll.

What age range does Abbey Meads Community Primary School cover?

Abbey Meads Community Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 81% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Abbey Meads Community Primary School?

Abbey Meads Community Primary School is at Hugo Drive, Abbey Meads, Hugo Drive, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN25 4GY.