South West
Secondary schools in Swindon
84 schools, 36,020 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 44.6.
Ofsted across Swindon
Good47
Requires improvement5
Outstanding3
Inadequate1
No overall grade28
56 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 28 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Secondary schools in Swindon
Sorted by Attainment 8. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Ridgeway School & Sixth Form CollegeAcademy converter | Swindon | Good 2023 | 53.5 |
| Swindon AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Swindon | No grade | 50.2 |
| Nova Hreod AcademyAcademy converter | Swindon | Good 2022 | 49.1 |
| Lydiard Park AcademyAcademy converter | Swindon | Good 2023 | 47 |
| The Deanery CofE AcademyFree schools | Swindon | Inadequate 2023 | 46.6 |
| The Commonweal SchoolAcademy converter | Swindon | Good 2023 | 46.3 |
| Abbey Park SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Swindon | Good 2023 | 46.2 |
| Highworth Warneford SchoolAcademy converter | Swindon | Requires improvement 2022 | 46 |
| Great Western AcademyFree schools | Swindon | Good 2023 | 45.5 |
| The Dorcan AcademyAcademy converter | Swindon | Good 2022 | 44.3 |
| Kingsdown SchoolAcademy converter | Swindon | No grade | 41.4 |
| St Joseph's Catholic CollegeAcademy converter | Swindon | Good 2023 | 38 |
| Lawn Manor AcademyAcademy converter | Swindon | Good 2023 | 37.5 |
| UTC SwindonUniversity technical college | Swindon | Requires improvement 2024 | 32.4 |