Paxcroft Primary School
Ashton Street, Trowbridge, BA14 7EB
This school is closed (it closed in August 2025).
It was replaced by Paxcroft Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Mrs Louise Rhodes
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 315
- Pupils on roll
- 293
- URN
- 126483
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
About this school
Paxcroft Primary School was a foundation primary school in Trowbridge. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 293 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Paxcroft 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 | 45 | 39 | 42 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 47% | 33% | 31% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 0% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 62% | 77% | 60% |
| Expected standard in maths | 64% | 49% | 38% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 58% | 62% | 55% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 104.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 100.0 | 99.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.40 | - | - |
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 Paxcroft 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 | Wiltshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 47% | 56.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 33% | 56.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 31% | 58.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 295 |
| 2023/24 | 287 |
| 2024/25 | 293 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Paxcroft Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 7% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 31% | 5.4% | 24.9% | 293 | — |
| Paxcroft Primary School | — | — | — | 276 | 0.0 miles |
| Bellefield Primary and Nursery School | 41% | 6.4% | 26.6% | 317 | 0.4 miles |
| The Mead Community Primary School | 56% | 4.7% | 9.1% | 489 | 0.6 miles |
| Castle Mead School | 60% | 5.5% | 23.8% | 357 | 0.7 miles |
| Willowbrook Primary School | 38% | 6.7% | 52.6% | 85 | 0.8 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 24.91%
- English as an additional language
- 14.3%
- Overall absence
- 5.35%
- Persistent absence
- 9.84%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Paxcroft Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Trowbridge
-
Bellefield Primary and Nursery School0.4 miles
Primary · Trowbridge
-
The Mead Community Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Trowbridge
-
Castle Mead School0.7 miles
Primary · Trowbridge
-
Willowbrook Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Trowbridge
Other schools in Trowbridge
- Bellefield Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Castle Mead School Primary
- Hilperton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Holbrook Primary School Primary
- Holt Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Keevil CofE Primary School Primary
- Newtown Community Primary School Primary
- North Bradley CofE Primary School Primary
- Paxcroft Primary School Primary
- Southwick Church of England Primary School Primary
- St George's Church of England Primary School, Semington Primary
- St John's Catholic Primary School, Trowbridge Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Paxcroft Primary School teach?
- Paxcroft Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Trowbridge.
- Has Paxcroft Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Paxcroft 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 Paxcroft Primary School?
- Paxcroft Primary School had 293 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Paxcroft Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 47% in 2022/23 and 31% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Paxcroft Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Paxcroft 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 August 2025.