East Wichel Primary School & Nursery
Staldon Road, East Wichel, Swindon, SN1 7AG
This school is closed (it closed in March 2026).
It was replaced by Lift East Wichel. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Paula Phillips
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Swindon South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 479
- URN
- 136068
- Local authority
- Swindon
- Website
- School website
About this school
East Wichel Primary School & Nursery was a community primary school in Swindon. It taught children aged 2 to 11 and had 479 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
East Wichel Primary School & Nursery has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2010, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 60 | 58 | 61 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 60% | 66% | 64% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% | 7% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 75% | 74% | 80% |
| Expected standard in maths | 80% | 81% | 89% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 83% | 91% | 82% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 105.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 105.0 | 107.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | 0.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.10 | - | - |
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 East Wichel Primary School & Nursery 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 | 60% | 55% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 66% | 57.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 64% | 57.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 419 |
| 2023/24 | 461 |
| 2024/25 | 482 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How East Wichel Primary School & Nursery compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 50% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 66% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 64% | 4.8% | 11.7% | 479 | — |
| Lift East Wichel | — | — | — | — | 0.0 miles |
| The Croft Primary School | 80% | 3.7% | 5.7% | 418 | 0.7 miles |
| Lethbridge Primary School | 75% | 4.1% | 8.4% | 472 | 0.7 miles |
| Wroughton Junior School | 65% | 4.3% | 24.4% | 304 | 0.8 miles |
| Kingfisher CE Academy | — | 4.5% | 32.5% | 148 | 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)
- 11.67%
- English as an additional language
- 36.7%
- Overall absence
- 4.75%
- Persistent absence
- 11.59%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Lift East Wichel0.0 miles
Primary · Swindon
-
The Croft Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Swindon
-
Lethbridge Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Swindon
-
Wroughton Junior School0.8 miles
Primary · Swindon
-
Kingfisher CE Academy0.8 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 East Wichel Primary School & Nursery teach?
- East Wichel Primary School & Nursery taught children aged 2 to 11. It was a primary school in Swindon.
- Has East Wichel Primary School & Nursery been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected East Wichel Primary School & Nursery 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 East Wichel Primary School & Nursery?
- East Wichel Primary School & Nursery had 479 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- How have East Wichel Primary School & Nursery's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 60% in 2022/23 and 64% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are East Wichel Primary School & Nursery's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, East Wichel Primary School & Nursery'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 1 July 2026.