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Meadowside Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Halfpenny Lane, Knaresborough HG5 0SL · meadowsideacademy.org · 01423 866207
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 68%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. North Yorkshire 60%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 206
- 98% of 210 places
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 29.1%
- First language not English
- 6.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 36 families put the school first and 30 places were offered; 83% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 30 | 36 | 1.2▲ | 83% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 25 | 21 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 28 | 19 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 29 | 29 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 30 | 36 | 1.2▲ | 83% |
Results
In 2024/25, 68% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 19% the higher standard. Across North Yorkshire it was 60%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲68% | 62% | ||
| ▲19% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 121443)
Ofsted
Meadowside Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 18 June 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 18 Jun 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Dec 2012
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Dec 2012Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Mar 2010Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
73% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (82 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 73%
- Replies
- 82
- 38% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 82% who raised concerns
based on the 38% who had a child bullied
based on 24 parents (29%) with SEND