School Summary

Swindon Academy


Boys: 940
Girls: 990
Total Pupils: 1930
Opened: 01-09-2007
Ofsted: Good
Principal: Karen Wright
Swindon Academy
Beech Avenue
Swindon
Wiltshire
SN2 1JR
Telephone: 01793426900
Website: https://www.swindon-academy.org

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AdministrativeWard (name): Rodbourne Cheney
AdmissionsPolicy (code): 4
AdmissionsPolicy (name): Non-selective
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Boarders (code): 1
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CensusDate: 20-01-2022
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County (name): Wiltshire
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Diocese (code): 0000
Diocese (name): Not applicable
DistrictAdministrative (code): E06000030
DistrictAdministrative (name): Swindon
EBD (name): Not applicable
Easting: 414853
EdByOther (name): Not applicable
EstablishmentAccredited (code): 0
EstablishmentAccredited (name): Not applicable
EstablishmentName: Swindon Academy
EstablishmentNumber: 6905
EstablishmentStatus (code): 1
EstablishmentStatus (name): Open
EstablishmentTypeGroup (code): 10
EstablishmentTypeGroup (name): Academies
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GOR (code): K
GOR (name): South West
GSSLACode (name): E06000030
Gender (code): 3
Gender (name): Mixed
HeadFirstName: Karen
HeadLastName: Wright
HeadPreferredJobTitle: Principal
HeadTitle (name): Mrs
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LA (code): 866
LA (name): Swindon
LSOA (code): E01015527
LSOA (name): Swindon 007C
LastChangedDate: 09-05-2023
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MSOA (code): E02003218
MSOA (name): Swindon 007
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Northing: 186947
NumberOfBoys: 940
NumberOfGirls: 990
NumberOfPupils: 1930
NurseryProvision (name): Has Nursery Classes
OfficialSixthForm (code): 1
OfficialSixthForm (name): Has a sixth form
OfstedLastInsp: 08-06-2022
OfstedRating (name): Good
OfstedSpecialMeasures (code): 0
OfstedSpecialMeasures (name): Not applicable
OpenDate: 01-09-2007
ParliamentaryConstituency (code): E14000851
ParliamentaryConstituency (name): North Swindon
PercentageFSM: 44.00
PhaseOfEducation (code): 7
PhaseOfEducation (name): All-through
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Postcode: SN2 1JR
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RSCRegion (name): South-West England
ReasonEstablishmentClosed (code): 00
ReasonEstablishmentClosed (name): Not applicable
ReasonEstablishmentOpened (code): 06
ReasonEstablishmentOpened (name): New Provision
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ReligiousCharacter (name): Does not apply
ReligiousEthos (name): None
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SchoolCapacity: 1356
SchoolSponsorFlag (name): Linked to a sponsor
SchoolSponsors (name): United Learning Trust
SchoolWebsite: www.swindon-academy.org
Section41Approved (name): Not applicable
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SpecialClasses (code): 2
SpecialClasses (name): No Special Classes
StatutoryHighAge: 19
StatutoryLowAge: 3
Street: Beech Avenue
TeenMoth (name): Not applicable
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TelephoneNum: 01793426900
Town: Swindon
TrustSchoolFlag (code): 3
TrustSchoolFlag (name): Supported by a multi-academy trust
Trusts (code): 5143
Trusts (name): UNITED LEARNING TRUST
TypeOfEstablishment (code): 28
TypeOfEstablishment (name): Academy sponsor led
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UKPRN: 10021036
UPRN: 10090041958
URN: 135364
UrbanRural (code): C1
UrbanRural (name): (England/Wales) Urban city and town
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reviews: [{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"9 months ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"I hate this place. They don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t allow us to go to the bathroom or fill up sour water bottles and use the \u00e2\u0080\u009c you had lesson changeover and break\/lunch to fill it up\/go\u00e2\u0080\u009d. Lesson changeover is 3 minutes long and most of the time the teachers count it as 2. I also have a lot of anxiety and the school is zero help although asking repeatedly. Also the uniform standards are terrible. They expect no nails and skirts to be down to our knees yet the let people do both. Another example is them saying that we can\u00e2\u0080\u0099t chew gum and then letting us wear jewellery to PE when the uniform policies state that we can\u00e2\u0080\u0099t wear jewellery to PE but it doesn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t say anything about gum.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"I hate this place. They don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t allow us to go to the bathroom or fill up sour water bottles and use the \u00e2\u0080\u009c you had lesson changeover and break\/lunch to fill it up\/go\u00e2\u0080\u009d. Lesson changeover is 3 minutes long and most of the time the teachers count it as 2. I also have a lot of anxiety and the school is zero help although asking repeatedly. Also the uniform standards are terrible. They expect no nails and skirts to be down to our knees yet the let people do both. 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They overload you with homework then tell you off for falling asleep in class. You cant get a social life because of homework. they said they cut the homework down, i have SEVENTEEN quizes due one day for science. I cant sleep due to homework and strict rules that arent even normal.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"It made me genuinly want to off myself. They overload you with homework then tell you off for falling asleep in class. You cant get a social life because of homework. they said they cut the homework down, i have SEVENTEEN quizes due one day for science. I cant sleep due to homework and strict rules that arent even normal.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"McKenzie Mclellan-smyth","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/100239604244267720181\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjXJRGMFWsQeK_4VGp1VZATEXlq2UzWVFAtOQFUuEw96ZQ4=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2021-11-14T21:44:27Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"6 years ago","rating":5,"text":{"text":"Great place. Used to play football there and the pitches are fantastic. The football is great and the refs are very good. They have proper FA registered referees. The prices are competetive.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"Great place. Used to play football there and the pitches are fantastic. The football is great and the refs are very good. They have proper FA registered referees. 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Dealing with bullies? Forget it. Nobody ever returns phone calls to keep parents apprised pfft","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Kathy Holland","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/103722353265718671347\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjVeV4kGqnaeX9hB4T-GZBHwpY2HsIlE8S14aq6eIrWufaA=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo-ba3"},"publishTime":"2020-03-06T22:52:54Z"}]