Wroughton Infant School

About Wroughton Infant School

If you're a parent considering Wroughton Infant School, the feedback from other families is a good place to start. In the most recent Parent View survey, 77% of respondents said they would recommend the school, though it's worth noting that 23% said they would not. The survey, which ran between September 2024 and September 2025, collected 44 responses. On the question of happiness, 86% of parents either agreed or strongly agreed that their child is happy at the school, and 93% felt their child is safe. The picture is a little more mixed on communication: while 80% agreed the school makes them aware of what their child will learn, only 66% felt the school lets them know how their child is doing. The school is also popular locally. For entry in the 2025/26 academic year, Wroughton Infant School was oversubscribed, with 76 applications for 50 places, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.52. Of those, 49 first-preference families were offered a place.

Academically, Wroughton Infant School is a Good school, a rating it received from Ofsted following its most recent graded inspection in October 2019. The inspection report gave top marks of Good across all five key areas: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and the early years provision. A subsequent ungraded inspection in March 2025 confirmed that standards are being maintained. The school serves children from age 4 to 7, so there are no published Key Stage 2 SATs results to compare against the Swindon local authority average of 62% reaching the expected standard. However, the school's previous inspection in 2008 rated it Outstanding overall, with Outstanding marks for early years provision and leadership. The current headteacher is Melanie James, and the school has 184 pupils on roll against a capacity of 270, meaning there is some physical space, though demand for places is clearly high.

The school offers a solid range of facilities for a primary infant school, including a sports hall, library, ICT suite, art studios, and an outdoor playground and playing fields. There is also a sensory room and a chapel. Sports provision includes swimming, gymnastics, netball, cricket, tennis, athletics and rounders, and there are after-school clubs in coding, chess and drama. For families with children who have special educational needs, the school lists provisions for specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, speech, language and communication needs, social, emotional and mental health needs, and multi-sensory impairment. The school is a state-funded, mixed-gender primary with no religious character and no nursery provision. Given its oversubscription, it is a school that suits families who can apply early and are looking for a Good-rated infant school with strong parent satisfaction on safety and happiness, set within a competitive local admissions environment.

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