Badbury Park Primary School

Badbury Park Primary School is performing well overall and has been rated as good in all inspected areas, including the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership, and early years provision. This is the school's first inspection since opening in 2019, and the environment is described as friendly and nurturing, with a strong emphasis on the well-being and safety of pupils. Staff build positive relationships with students, fostering a sense of belonging and respect throughout the school community. The school's curriculum is broad and ambitious, promoting pupils' curiosity and personal growth effectively. Despite these strengths, the school recognizes the need for improvement in some foundation subjects, where essential knowledge has not yet been clearly identified. This can hinder some pupils' depth of understanding and connections with prior learning. The school aims to enhance how learning is adapted for individual needs to ensure all pupils can make the best progress possible. Overall, while the school excels in many areas, there are clear pathways for further development to strengthen its educational impact.

Strengths

• Nurturing and inclusive school environment.
• Strong emphasis on pupil well-being and safety.
• Positive relationships among staff and pupils.
• Broad and ambitious curriculum that excites learning.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND.
• High expectations for pupil behaviour and respect.
• Passionate approach to reading throughout the school.
• Staff professional development and support are well valued.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum in some foundation subjects lacks precise knowledge identification.
• Learning adaptation not sufficient for all pupils to deepen knowledge.

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 Badbury Park Primary School attended 96.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.8% 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, 0.9% of pupils at Badbury Park 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 Badbury Park Primary School had 23.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.5% 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, 12.6% of pupils at Badbury Park Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.0% 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 Badbury Park Primary School received £6,432 and spent £6,285 for each of its 321 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £386,000 (£1,204 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

Badbury Park Primary School is part of The Blue Kite Academy Trust, which runs 27 schools. The nearest others:

• Oaktree Nursery and Primary School Swindon
• Lawn Primary and Nursery School Swindon
• Wanborough Primary School Swindon
• Covingham Park Primary School Swindon
• Lethbridge Primary School Swindon
• Colebrook Infant Academy Swindon
• Robert Le Kyng Primary School Swindon
• Ferndale Primary School & Nursery Swindon
• Even Swindon Primary School Swindon
• Ruskin Junior School Swindon

What is Badbury Park Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Badbury Park Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2024.

When was Badbury Park Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Badbury Park Primary School was last inspected in March 2024.

How many pupils does Badbury Park Primary School have?

Badbury Park Primary School has 397 pupils on roll.

What age range does Badbury Park Primary School cover?

Badbury Park Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

Where is Badbury Park Primary School?

Badbury Park Primary School is at Rainscombe Road, Coate, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN3 6ER.