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Use our free interactive tool to check whether any Swindon property falls within primary or secondary school catchment zones. With strong demand across Old Town, West Swindon and Wroughton, knowing your catchment position is essential before buying.
Free interactive map — enter any Swindon or SN postcode and see exactly which school catchment areas it falls within.
Schools in Old Town, Wroughton and parts of West Swindon are routinely oversubscribed. Swindon Borough Council uses straight-line distance as the tiebreaker — check your exact position before relying on last year's catchment figure.
Swindon Borough Council administers admissions for community and voluntary-controlled schools across the town. The default tiebreaker is straight-line distance from the home address to the school's measuring point.
Swindon also contains many academies and faith schools that set their own admissions criteria. Always check the specific school's published policy alongside this tool.
Swindon Borough Council publishes annual admissions statistics including 'last distance offered' figures for every oversubscribed school. Search 'Swindon school admissions statistics'.
Click "Open Free Tool" above. No registration needed. Works in any browser on desktop or mobile.
Click "Add School" and search by school name or postcode. The tool locates it on the interactive map automatically.
Add the radius from the school's admissions data. You can enter distances in metres for precision.
Use "Check Address" to test any Swindon address. It will show you exactly how far inside or outside the catchment that property sits.
Our tool works for schools across Swindon and surrounding areas:
Swindon catchments use straight-line distance to the metre. Our tool matches the council's method exactly.
See how Swindon school catchments have changed year on year before committing to a property.
Plot up to 5 Swindon schools to compare catchments across the town.
Generate a shareable link for your estate agent or solicitor before exchange.
Swindon Borough Council administers admissions for community and voluntary-controlled schools. Academies and faith schools set their own criteria.
Old Town schools and the most popular non-faith primaries across West Swindon and Wroughton are consistently the most oversubscribed.
Yes — our tool calculates straight-line distance accurately for any Swindon school. Always cross-check each academy's own admissions criteria.
Search 'Swindon school admissions statistics' on the Swindon Borough Council website.
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