Even Swindon Primary School
Pasture Close, Raybrook Park, Swindon, SN2 2UJ
This school is closed (it closed in October 2024).
It was replaced by Even Swindon Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Alison Lowe
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
- Constituency
- Swindon South
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 740
- Pupils on roll
- 685
- URN
- 126213
- Local authority
- Swindon
About this school
Even Swindon Primary School was a community primary school in Swindon. It taught children aged 2 to 11 and had 685 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Even Swindon Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 91 | 87 | 93 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 53% | 56% | 49% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 8% | 7% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 67% | 69% | 70% |
| Expected standard in maths | 59% | 69% | 70% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 65% | 74% | 74% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 105.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 103.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.30 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Even Swindon Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Swindon average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 53% | 55% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 56% | 57.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 49% | 57.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 663 |
| 2023/24 | 685 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Even Swindon Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 20% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 77% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 49% | 4.6% | 21.1% | 685 | — |
| Even Swindon Primary School | — | 4.2% | 19.5% | 663 | 0.0 miles |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School | 70% | 5.7% | 9.3% | 398 | 0.7 miles |
| Ferndale Primary School & Nursery | 68% | 5% | 18.3% | 413 | 0.7 miles |
| Robert Le Kyng Primary School | 69% | 4.3% | 14.9% | 411 | 0.7 miles |
| Westlea Primary School | 50% | 8.7% | 31.6% | 289 | 0.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 21.1%
- English as an additional language
- 44.4%
- Overall absence
- 4.6%
- Persistent absence
- 10.5%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Even Swindon Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Swindon
-
St Mary's Catholic Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Swindon
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Ferndale Primary School & Nursery0.7 miles
Primary · Swindon
-
Robert Le Kyng Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Swindon
-
Westlea Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Swindon
Other schools in Swindon
- Abbey Farm Educate Together Primary Primary
- Abbey Meads Community Primary School Primary
- Ashton Keynes Church of England Primary School Primary
- Badbury Park Primary School Primary
- Beechcroft Infant School Primary
- Bishopstone Church of England Primary School Primary
- Bridlewood Primary School Primary
- Broad Hinton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Broad Town Church of England Primary School Primary
- Brook Field Primary School Primary
- Catherine Wayte Primary School Primary
- Chiseldon Primary & Nursery School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Even Swindon Primary School teach?
- Even Swindon Primary School taught children aged 2 to 11. It was a primary school in Swindon.
- Has Even Swindon Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Even Swindon Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Even Swindon Primary School?
- Even Swindon Primary School had 685 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- How have Even Swindon Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 53% in 2022/23 and 49% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Even Swindon Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Even Swindon Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 31 October 2024.