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Meadgate Primary School

Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Sponsored academy

Mascalls Way, Great Baddow, Chelmsford CM2 7NS · meadgateprimary.com · 01245 259403

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Nov 2024
Key stage 2, 2024/25
75%
reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Essex 63%, England 62%
Last distance offered
No limit
Reception, September 2025 entry · Essex Council
Demand for places
0.9
first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
Pupils
210
97% of 216 places
Local authority
Essex
Nursery class
No
Free school meals
18.6%
First language not English
24.3%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Quantum Multi-Academy Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Reception in September 2025, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Essex Council’s document.

For Reception in September 2026, 26 families put the school first and 29 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 33 (Places 30)33September 2023: 30 (Places 30)30September 2024: 29 (Places 30)29September 2025: 25 (Places 30)25September 2026: 26 (Places 29)26Places 29
ReceptionPlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 202629260.9100%
September 2025Sept 202530250.8100%
September 2024Sept 20243029193%
September 2023Sept 20233030190%
September 2022Sept 202230331.1▲85%

Results

In 2024/25, 75% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 19% the higher standard. Across Essex it was 63%, and across England 62%.

Expected standard reading, writing and maths

2019/20 to 2021/22: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1922/2323/2424/252015/16: 47% (England 53%)47%2016/17: 64% (England 61%)64%2017/18: 70% (England 64%)70%2018/19: 72% (England 65%)72%2022/23: 71% (England 60%)71%2023/24: 69% (England 61%)69%2024/25: 75% (England 62%)75%England 62%
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
Reading, writing and maths
▲75%62%
▲19%8%
Average scaled score
●108106
●106105
●107105

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Meadgate Primary School on 5 November 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
5 Nov 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Early yearsOutstanding

Previously: Improving, ungraded inspection, Dec 2022

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Dec 2022Ungraded inspectionImproving
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Feb 2017Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareOutstanding
    Leadership and managementGood
    Early yearsOutstanding
    SafeguardingEffective

What parents said

100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (60 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
100%
Replies
60
28% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▲100% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▲100% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▲98% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲95% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▲98% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▲99% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▲98% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▲98% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▲98% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▲94% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▲96% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 53% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲61% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 28% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▲100% agreeEngland 67%

based on 17 parents (28%) with SEND

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