Abbey Farm Educate Together Primary

Abbey Farm Educate Together Primary is a welcoming and inclusive school where pupils are happy, sociable and attend regularly. This was its first routine section 5 inspection, and it is part of the Educate Together Academy Trust. Leaders have high expectations, pastoral care is strong, and parents speak very positively about the school. Pupils behave well, are engaged in their learning and benefit from a wide range of enrichment opportunities. Safeguarding arrangements are effective, and staff morale is high, with staff feeling well supported by the school and trust.

Strengths

• Welcoming and inclusive school culture underpinned by the vision 'Learn together, live together'
• High expectations of pupils' achievement and behaviour
• Pupils are happy, sociable, attend regularly and have positive attitudes to learning
• Early years provision is exceptionally strong, with outstanding outcomes for children
• Phonics is taught effectively and pupils who struggle receive useful extra practice
• The curriculum is ambitious and interesting, with activities that capture pupils' curiosity
• Pupils with SEND are identified swiftly and supported precisely, enabling most to make good progress
• Pastoral provision is strong, and pupils feel well cared for and safe
• Pupils benefit from a wide range of enrichment, including clubs, visits and performances
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective
• Leadership and trust support are strong, and staff morale is high
• Parents are highly positive about the school

Areas for Improvement

• The teaching of reading beyond phonics is not yet implemented consistently
• Pupils do not routinely develop wider reading skills, such as comprehension, as well as they should
• Assessment strategies are not sufficiently well developed in some subjects
• Teachers do not always identify pupils' errors swiftly, so misconceptions can persist
• Some pupils have gaps in their learning because misconceptions are not routinely picked up and addressed

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 Farm Educate Together Primary attended 96.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 1.4% 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, 2.1% of pupils at Abbey Farm Educate Together Primary 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 Farm Educate Together Primary had 19.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.7% 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, 4.9% of pupils at Abbey Farm Educate Together Primary were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.8% 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 Farm Educate Together Primary received £10,080 and spent £8,549 for each of its 134 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £68,000 (£509 per pupil).

Across all 5 schools of Educate Together Academy Trust, income was £7,657 and spending £7,675 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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Abbey Farm Educate Together Primary is part of Educate Together Academy Trust, which runs 5 schools. The nearest others:

• Mulberry Park Educate Together Primary Academy Bath
• Somerdale Educate Together Primary Academy Keynsham
• Redfield Educate Together Primary Academy Bristol
• Parklands Educate Together Primary Weston-Super-Mare

What is Abbey Farm Educate Together Primary's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Abbey Farm Educate Together Primary is Good, from an inspection in June 2025.

When was Abbey Farm Educate Together Primary last inspected by Ofsted?

Abbey Farm Educate Together Primary was last inspected in June 2025.

How many pupils does Abbey Farm Educate Together Primary have?

Abbey Farm Educate Together Primary has 184 pupils on roll.

What age range does Abbey Farm Educate Together Primary cover?

Abbey Farm Educate Together Primary for pupils aged 3 to 11.

Where is Abbey Farm Educate Together Primary?

Abbey Farm Educate Together Primary is at Diamond Crescent, Abbey Farm, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN25 2SJ.