Crowdys Hill School
Jefferies Avenue, Swindon, SN2 7HJ
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 4 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Gemma Meiklejohn
- SEN provision
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Swindon North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 226
- Pupils on roll
- 348
- URN
- 126549
- Local authority
- Swindon
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01793332400
About this school
Crowdys Hill School is a community special school in Swindon. It teaches children aged 4 to 19 and has 348 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 16 | 11 | 12 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - | - |
| Reading progress | -1.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.90 | - | - |
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.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 33 | 41 | 20 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | 0.2 | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | -1.65 -2.11 to -1.19 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | 0% | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | 0% | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | 0% | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | 0.0 | - |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Crowdys Hill 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 | 0% | 55% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 57.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 57.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 265 |
| 2023/24 | 306 |
| 2024/25 | 326 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 45.45%
- English as an additional language
- 14.1%
- Overall absence
- 8.71%
- Persistent absence
- 24.3%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Connex0.3 miles
Special schools · Swindon
-
St Luke's Academy0.7 miles
Academies · Swindon
-
EOTAS Swindon1.0 miles
Local authority maintained schools · Swindon
-
Compass Community School Wheatley Park1.3 miles
Special schools · Swindon
-
Nyland School1.7 miles
Academies · Swindon
Other schools in Swindon
- Aspris Ridgeway School Special schools
- Brimble Hill Special School Academies
- Churchward School Free Schools
- Compass Community School Wheatley Park Special schools
- Connex Special schools
- EOTAS Swindon Local authority maintained schools
- Nyland School Academies
- St Luke's Academy Academies
- The Chalet School Academies
- Uplands School Academies
- Abbey Farm Educate Together Primary Primary
- Abbey Meads Community Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Crowdys Hill School teach?
- Crowdys Hill School teaches children aged 4 to 19. It is a special school in Swindon.
- Who is the headteacher of Crowdys Hill School?
- The headteacher of Crowdys Hill School is Mrs Gemma Meiklejohn, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Crowdys Hill School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Crowdys Hill School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Crowdys Hill School?
- Crowdys Hill School has 348 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 19.
- Is Crowdys Hill School full?
- Crowdys Hill School has capacity for 226 pupils and 348 on roll (154%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Crowdys Hill School a faith school?
- No. Crowdys Hill School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Crowdys Hill School have?
- The schools register lists Crowdys Hill School's special educational needs provision as: MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Crowdys Hill School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Crowdys Hill School's absence rate?
- Crowdys Hill School's overall absence rate is 8.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Crowdys Hill School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Crowdys Hill 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 30 June 2026.