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The Chalet School

Special schoolAges 3–11Academy

Swindon, SN3 6EX · Swindon local authority

Swindon’s School Grade B− better than 47% of towns in England

How full
87 pupils
121% of its 72 places
Free school meals
30%
30 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about The Chalet School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Over capacity: 87 pupils for 72 places
  • Ofsted report card, January 2026: achievement expected standard, safeguarding met (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (SN3 6) sold for a median £311,000; Swindon’s is £260,000

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

87 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
1.2%England 15.3%
EHC plan
98.9%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
17.2%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
33.3%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 22%Boys 78%
Its letter

No letter for The Chalet School

Special schools aren’t given a letter: their pupils’ needs differ too much for results to compare with mainstream schools.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Report card, inspection starting January 2026.

SafeguardingMet
AchievementExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
InclusionExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and well-beingExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard

Before the report card: Graded inspection: Requires improvement, May 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near The Chalet School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in SN3 6, the school’s postcode sector

Swindon property prices →
£311,000
median sale, 422 sales in 36 months · Swindon £260,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K2010201520202025SN3 6Swindon
SN3 6Swindon

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£464K
Semi-detached
£295K
Terraced
£250K
Flat
£131K
SN3 6Swindon

Homes in SN3 6 sell for well over Swindon’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

12 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNDC−C+C−C−D−CD−C−ACThe Chalet School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Swindon, SN3 6EX

The Chalet School: common questions

What is The Chalet School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection (January 2026) gave a report card: achievement expected standard, safeguarding met. Ofsted stopped giving one-word overall grades in September 2024.

How much do houses cost near The Chalet School?

Homes in its postcode sector, SN3 6, sold for a median £311,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (422 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Swindon’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.