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Great Western Academy

Secondary Free school in Swindon SN25 2PP

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  • School Reference Number: 145883
  • Address: William Morris Way, Tadpole Garden Village, Swindon SN25 2PP
  • Headteacher: Mr Graham Davis
  • Telephone: 01793 209700
  • Website: gwacademy.co.uk
  • Managing Organisation: GREAT WESTERN ACADEMY LIMITED
  • Type: Free Schools
  • Sub-Type: Free schools
  • Phase: Secondary
  • Pupil Capacity: 1,210
  • Local Education Authority: Swindon
  • Gender: Mixed
  • Age Range: 11 to 18
  • Admissions Policy: Non-selective
  • Active From: September 2018*

* Active From and To dates don't necessarily mean that a school opened or closed on those dates. Schools are allocated a new Reference Number when they change status in any way, for example when a local authority school converts to an academy or when schools are combined or merged.

Latest Ofsted Rating

Inspected on 10/01/2023

Rating published on 01/03/2023

Overall effectiveness: Good

Quality of education: Good

Behaviour and attitudes: Good

Personal development: Good

Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good

Sixth form provision: Good

All Ofsted Reports

Inspection DatePublication DateInspection TypeRatingPDF Link
10 January 2023 2 March 2023 School inspection Good

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Information on this page is sumarised from two sources: EduBase, which is the government database of schools in England and Wales, and Ofsted, which is responsible for inspecting schools and educational establishments in England. You can view the full, unedited data from these providers below. Ofsted data will only be available for currently active registrations and recently closed registrations.

Unique Reference Number145883
Local Authority Code866
Local Authority NameSwindon
Establishment Number4006
School / College NameGreat Western Academy
Establishment Type Code35
Establishment typeFree schools
Establishment Type Group Code11
Establishment Type GroupFree Schools
Establishment Status Code1
Establishment statusOpen
Reason Establishment Opened Code99
Reason establishment opened
Open date01-09-2018
Reason Establishment Closed Code99
Reason establishment closed
Close date
Phase Of Education Code 4
Phase of educationSecondary
Age range Low11
Age range High18
Boarders Code9
Boarders
Nursery provisionNot applicable
Official Sixth Form Code1
Official sixth formHas a sixth form
Gender Code3
Gender of entryMixed
Religious Character Code06
Religious characterNone
Religious ethosNone
Diocese Code9999
Diocese
Admissions Policy Code4
Admissons policyNon-selective
School capacity1,210
Special Classes Code0
Special classesNot applicable
Census Date18-01-2024
Number of Pupils952
Number of Boys478
Number of Girls474
Percentage Free School Meals12.40
Trust School Flag Code5
Trust School Flag Supported by a single-academy trust
Trusts Code17063
Academy trust or TrustGREAT WESTERN ACADEMY LIMITED
School Sponsor Flag-
Academy sponsor
Federation FlagNot applicable
Federations Code
Federation
UKPRN10068117
FEHE Identifier
Further education type
Last Changed Date16-01-2025
StreetWilliam Morris Way
LocalityTadpole Garden Village
Address3
TownSwindon
County (name)
PostcodeSN25 2PP
Websitewww.gwacademy.co.uk
Telephone01793209700
Headteacher/Principal titleMr
Headteacher/Principal first nameGraham
Headteacher/Principal last nameDavis
Headteacher/Principal Job Title
BSO Inspectorate NameNot applicable
Inspectorate Report
Date of Last Inspection Visit
Next Inspection Visit
Teenage mothers provisionNot applicable
Teenage mothers capacity
Childcare facilities provision
SEN facilitiesNot applicable
Pupils with EBDNot applicable
Number of places
Full time provision
Pupils educated by other providers
Section 41 approvedNot applicable
SEN provision
Type of resourced provisionNot applicable
Resourced provision number on roll
Resourced provision capacity
SEN unit number on roll
SEN unit capacity
Government Office Region CodeK
Government Office RegionSouth West
District CodeE06000030
DistrictSwindon
Ward CodeE05008968
WardSt Andrews
Parliamentary Constituency CodeE14001536
Parliamentary ConstituencySwindon North
Urban/Rural CodeC1
Urban/Rural Description(England/Wales) Urban city and town
GSS LA CodeX999999
Easting412927
Northing190588
Middle Super Output Area (MSOA)Swindon 008
Lower Super Output Area (LSOA)Swindon 008F
Inspectorate Name
Number of special pupils under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Number of special pupils not under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Boarding Establishment
Proprietor's Name
Previous Local Authority Code999
Previous local authority
Previous establishment number
Country
UPRN10093399300
Site Name
QAB Code0
QAB NameNot applicable
Establishment Accredited Code0
Establishment AccreditedNot applicable
QAB Report
CH Number
MSOA CodeE02003219
LSOA CodeE01033841
Free School Meals99
Accreditation Expiry Date
URN145883
Web Linkhttp://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/145883
LAESTAB8664006
School nameGreat Western Academy
Ofsted phaseSecondary
Type of educationFree School
School open date01/09/2018
Admissions policyNon-selective
Sixth formHas a sixth form
Designated religious characterNone
Religious ethosNone
Faith groupingNon-faith
Ofsted regionSouth West
RegionSouth West
Local authoritySwindon
Parliamentary constituencySwindon North
Multi-academy trust UIDN/A
Multi-academy trust nameN/A
Academy sponsor UIDN/A
Academy sponsor nameN/A
PostcodeSN25 2PP
Number of warning notices issued in 2023/24 academic yearN/A
The income deprivation affecting children index (IDACI) quintile1
Total number of pupils952
Statutory lowest age11
Statutory highest age18
Latest ungraded inspection number since last graded inspectionN/A
Does the ungraded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?N/A
URN at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
LAESTAB at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
School name at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
School type at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
Number of ungraded inspections since the last graded inspectionN/A
Date of latest ungraded inspectionN/A
Ungraded inspection publication dateN/A
Did the latest ungraded inspection convert to a graded inspection?N/A
Ungraded inspection overall outcomeN/A
Number of monitoring and urgent inspections since last graded inspectionN/A
Inspection number of latest graded inspection10256594
Inspection typeS5 Inspection
Inspection type groupingS5 Inspection
Event type groupingSchools - S5
Inspection start date10/01/2023
Publication date01/03/2023
Does the latest graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of latest graded inspection145883
LAESTAB at time of latest graded inspection8664006
School name at time of latest graded inspectionGreat Western Academy
School type at time of latest graded inspectionFree School
Current school type used for chart C6Free school
Overall effectivenessGood
Category of concernN/A
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Effectiveness of leadership and managementGood
Safeguarding is effective?Yes
Early years provisionN/A
Sixth form provisionGood
Previous inspection numberN/A
Previous inspection start dateN/A
Previous publication dateN/A
Does the previous graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?N/A
URN at time of previous graded inspectionN/A
LAESTAB at time of previous graded inspectionN/A
School name at time of previous graded inspectionN/A
School type at time of previous graded inspectionN/A
Previous graded inspection overall effectivenessN/A
Previous category of concernN/A
Previous quality of educationN/A
Previous behaviour and attitudesN/A
Previous personal developmentN/A
Previous effectiveness of leadership and managementN/A
Previous safeguarding is effective?N/A
Previous early years provisionN/A
Previous sixth form provisionN/A

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