Primary school in Trowbridge, Wiltshire
Paxcroft Primary School
Ashton Street, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 7EB
Ofsted
Remained Good at its last ungraded inspection, on 27 March 2024.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 2 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 276
- Places
- 315
- How full
- 88% full — 276 of 315 places taken
- Girls / boys
- 120 / 156
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Wiltshire 032B, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 31%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 17%
- Households owning their home
- 78%
- Households in social housing
- 5%
- Households with no car
- 12%
- Adults economically inactive
- 41%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- EQUA MEAD LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Ashley Barrington Wilding
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
- Ward
- Trowbridge Paxcroft
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire
- URN
- 152013
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellefield Primary and Nursery SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2024 | 41% | 0.4 mi |
| The Mead Community Primary SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 56% | 0.6 mi |
| Castle Mead SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Good 2023 | 60% | 0.7 mi |
| Willowbrook Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Good 2022 | 38% | 0.8 mi |
| Hilperton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Good 2022 | 55% | 0.9 mi |
| Newtown Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 47% | 0.9 mi |
| St John's Catholic Primary School, TrowbridgeVoluntary aided school | Good 2022 | 55% | 1 mi |
| Holbrook Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2024 | 62% | 1.2 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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