Lawn Manor Academy
Salcombe Grove, Swindon, SN3 1ER
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- ASCEND LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Russell Langdown
- Sponsor
- Royal Wootton Bassett Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Swindon South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,000
- Pupils on roll
- 969
- URN
- 144773
- Local authority
- Swindon
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01793487286
About this school
Lawn Manor Academy is a secondary academy in Swindon. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 969 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 191 | 168 | 147 |
| Attainment 8 score | 38.7 | 39.4 | 37.5 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.27 -0.49 to -0.05 | -0.03 -0.27 to +0.21 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 30% | 32.7% | 29.9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 51% | 54.2% | 45.6% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 34% | 25% | 30.6% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.2 |
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 Lawn Manor Academy 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 | 38.7 | 37.5 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 39.4 | 37.4 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 37.5 | 40 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 864 |
| 2023/24 | 939 |
| 2024/25 | 940 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Lawn Manor Academy compares
Lawn Manor Academy ranked 13th of 14 secondary schools in Swindon for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 32% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 11% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 37.5 | 9% | 40.4% | 969 | — |
| St Joseph's Catholic College | 38 | 8% | 20.8% | 1,425 | 0.7 miles |
| The Commonweal School | 46.3 | 9.5% | 18.8% | 1,442 | 1.2 miles |
| UTC Swindon | 32.4 | 10.3% | 30.8% | 182 | 1.4 miles |
| The Dorcan Academy | 44.3 | 9.8% | 31.8% | 881 | 1.4 miles |
| The Deanery CofE Academy | 46.6 | 9% | 21.9% | 670 | 2.1 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)
- 40.43%
- English as an additional language
- 43.6%
- Overall absence
- 9.04%
- Persistent absence
- 27.72%
Location
Nearby schools
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St Joseph's Catholic College0.7 miles
Secondary · Swindon
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The Commonweal School1.2 miles
Secondary · Swindon
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UTC Swindon1.4 miles
Secondary · Swindon
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The Dorcan Academy1.4 miles
Secondary · Swindon
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The Deanery CofE Academy2.1 miles
Secondary · Swindon
Other schools in Swindon
Lawn Manor Academy ranks 15th of the 16 ranked secondary schools in Swindon.
- Abbey Park School Secondary
- Bradon Forest School Secondary
- Great Western Academy Secondary
- Highworth Warneford School Secondary
- Kingsdown School Secondary
- Lydiard Park Academy Secondary
- Nova Hreod Academy Secondary
- Royal Wootton Bassett Academy Secondary
- St Joseph's Catholic College Secondary
- The Commonweal School Secondary
- The Deanery CofE Academy Secondary
- The Dorcan Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Lawn Manor Academy teach?
- Lawn Manor Academy teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Swindon.
- Who is the headteacher of Lawn Manor Academy?
- The headteacher of Lawn Manor Academy is Mr Russell Langdown, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Lawn Manor Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Lawn Manor Academy, 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 Lawn Manor Academy?
- Lawn Manor Academy has 969 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Lawn Manor Academy full?
- Lawn Manor Academy has capacity for 1,000 pupils and 969 on roll (97%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Lawn Manor Academy a faith school?
- No. Lawn Manor Academy has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Lawn Manor Academy?
- Lawn Manor Academy is part of ASCEND LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Lawn Manor Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 38.7 in 2022/23 and 37.5 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Lawn Manor Academy rank locally?
- Lawn Manor Academy ranked 13th of 14 secondary schools in Swindon for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 32% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 11% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Lawn Manor Academy's absence rate?
- Lawn Manor Academy's overall absence rate is 9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Lawn Manor Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Lawn Manor Academy'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 10 July 2026.