Lift East Wichel
Swindon, SN1 7AG · Swindon local authority
Swindon’s School Grade B− better than 47% of towns in England
What stands out about Lift East Wichel
- Its own letter, B−: Key Stage 2 results better than 51% of England’s primary schools
- Ofsted: Outstanding, December 2022 (shown, not graded)
- Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (52 of 52)
- Homes in its postcode sector (SN1 7) sold for a median £350,000; Swindon’s is £260,000
Results
DfE · Key Stage 2Reading, writing and maths 63%
Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 51% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Swindon avg 61%
Each subject, 2025
Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 107, maths 107 (100 = the expected standard)
These results were published under the school’s predecessor (URN 136068), before it converted or merged. England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.
How hard is it to get a place at Lift East Wichel?
Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.
Years when some first choices missed out: 2025 (1). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Lift Schools sets the admissions rules. Apply through Swindon council’s coordinated admissions.
Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand
100% got their first choice
Swindon and Swindon, side by side
2023–2025All 55 graded primaries in Swindon. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Swindon’s schools are coloured by their letter.
Show as a table
| School | Letter | Free school meals | KS2 expected standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Rood Catholic Primary School | A | 14% | 80% |
| Lethbridge Primary School | A | 8% | 78% |
| Tregoze Primary School | A | 14% | 78% |
| Rodbourne Cheney Primary School | A | 23% | 78% |
| The Croft Primary School | A | 5% | 77% |
| Brook Field Primary School | A | 10% | 77% |
| Wanborough Primary School | A | 6% | 77% |
| Abbey Meads Community Primary School | A | 23% | 76% |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School | A− | 6% | 75% |
| Lift Hazelwood | A− | 31% | 73% |
| Moredon Primary School | A− | 23% | 73% |
| Ferndale Primary School & Nursery | A− | 15% | 73% |
| Catherine Wayte Primary School | B+ | 13% | 70% |
| Oakhurst Community Primary School | B+ | 14% | 69% |
| Bishopstone Church of England Primary School | B+ | 23% | 68% |
| Wroughton Junior School | B+ | 27% | 68% |
| Haydonleigh Primary School | B+ | 12% | 68% |
| Shaw Ridge Primary School | B | 14% | 66% |
| Greenmeadow Primary School | B | 28% | 66% |
| St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Swindon | B | 9% | 65% |
| Southfield Junior School | B− | 13% | 64% |
| Gorse Hill Primary School | B− | 17% | 64% |
| Robert Le Kyng Primary School | B− | 16% | 64% |
| Mountford Manor Primary School | B− | 47% | 63% |
| Drove Primary School | B− | 14% | 63% |
| St Francis CofE Primary School | B− | 4% | 62% |
| Bridlewood Primary School | B− | 10% | 62% |
| Westrop Primary & Nursery School | B− | 17% | 61% |
| King William Street Church of England Primary School | C+ | 14% | 60% |
| Chiseldon Primary & Nursery School | C+ | 24% | 59% |
| Millbrook Primary School | C | 15% | 57% |
| Grange Junior School | C | 19% | 57% |
| Orchid Vale Primary School | C | 9% | 57% |
| Liden Academy | C | 20% | 57% |
| Haydon Wick Primary School | C | 11% | 56% |
| St Leonard's Church of England Primary Academy | C | 17% | 56% |
| Ruskin Junior School | C | 38% | 55% |
| Red Oaks Primary School | C | 15% | 55% |
| South Marston Church of England Primary School | C | 6% | 54% |
| Goddard Park Community Primary School | C− | 55% | 53% |
| Holy Family Catholic Primary School | C− | 19% | 53% |
| Westlea Primary School | C− | 23% | 53% |
| Covingham Park Primary School | C− | 18% | 53% |
| Even Swindon Primary School | C− | 19% | 53% |
| Colebrook Junior School | C− | 15% | 52% |
| Peatmoor Community Primary School | C− | 16% | 52% |
| Holy Cross Catholic Primary School | C− | 11% | 50% |
| Oliver Tomkins Church of England Junior School | C− | 23% | 49% |
| Swindon Academy | D | 38% | 45% |
| Tadpole Farm CofE Primary Academy | D | 19% | 45% |
| Eldene Nursery and Primary School | D | 31% | 43% |
| Lainesmead Primary School and Nursery | D | 27% | 41% |
| Nythe Primary School | D− | 19% | 38% |
| Oaktree Nursery and Primary School | D− | 48% | 36% |
| Seven Fields Primary School | D− | 70% | 34% |
Lift East Wichel’s letter
Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.
How school letters are worked out
Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.
Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.
Ofsted inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Graded inspection: Outstanding, December 2022.
Living near Lift East Wichel
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in SN1 7, the school’s postcode sector
Swindon property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in SN1 7 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
16 state schoolsLocation
Directions ↗Swindon, SN1 7AG
Lift East Wichel: common questions
Is Lift East Wichel a good school?
By its published results, above average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 51% of England’s primary schools (its letter is B−), with 63% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Outstanding, December 2022.
How hard is it to get into Lift East Wichel?
For September 2026, 52 families put Lift East Wichel first and all of them were offered a place; 60 places were offered in all.
What is Lift East Wichel’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection outcome is Outstanding (December 2022).
How much do houses cost near Lift East Wichel?
Homes in its postcode sector, SN1 7, sold for a median £350,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (453 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.
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