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Meadow Park School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy
Abbey Road, Whitley, Coventry CV3 4BD · meadowparkschool.com · 024 7630 2580
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 34.9
- average Attainment 8 score. Coventry 44, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Coventry Council
- Demand for places
- 0.4
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 734
- 81% of 910 places
- Local authority
- Coventry
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 44.4%
- First language not English
- 45%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Coventry Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 49 families put the school first and 122 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 122 | 49 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 105 | 52 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 149 | 59 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 134 | 46 | 0.3 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 88 | 66 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 34.9, and 26.5% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Coventry it was 44, and across England 46.
In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade D (20 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼34.9 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼26.5% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼48.3% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼27.2% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.16 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 136840)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 32.9 | +1.3 |
| Sixth form college | 4.3 | −0.8 |
| Further education | 43.9 | −1 |
| Apprenticeship | 0.6 | −3.1 |
| Employment | 2.4 | −2 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 7.3 | +1.4 |
| Activity not captured | 8.5 | +4.8 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 students | D (20) | Average -0.25 | |
| 8 students | D (20) | Average -0.25 | |
| 9 students | Merit- (21.3) | Average -0.19 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 12 | D- (15.3) | — |
| 2021/22 | 11 | D+ (22.8) | — |
| 2018/19 | 45 | C (29) | -0.19 |
| 2017/18 | 54 | C (28.7) | -0.15 |
| 2016/17 | 30 | C- (25.8) | -0.43 |
| 2015/16 | 50 | D (20.4) | -0.45 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2022/23 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 31.8 | −22.7 |
| Further education | 4.6 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 18.2 | +4.6 |
| Employment | 27.3 | +9.1 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 13.6 | +4.5 |
| Activity not captured | 4.5 | 0 |
Ofsted
Meadow Park School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 21 November 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 21 Nov 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Jan 2020
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 136840), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2020Inadequate
Quality of education Inadequate Behaviour and attitudes Inadequate Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Inadequate Sixth form Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 136840)
Before September 2019
Mar 2019Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement 16 to 19 study programmes Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 136840)
Dec 2013Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 136840)
Sept 2010Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding 16 to 19 study programmes Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 136840)
What parents said
41% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (34 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 41%
- Replies
- 34
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 82% who raised concerns
based on the 53% who had a child bullied