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Meadow Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Dolphin Crescent, Great Sutton, Ellesmere Port CH66 4SZ · meadow.cheshire.sch.uk · 0151 203 1690
On the mapSearch near CH66 4SZ
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Nov 2025 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 75%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Cheshire West and Chester 61%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 1.12 mi
- 1.81 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Cheshire West and Chester Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 419
- 100% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 5.5%
- First language not English
- 2.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 1.12 mi (1.81 km) from the school. Source: Cheshire West and Chester Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 59 families put the school first and 59 places were offered; 95% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 59 | 59 | 1 | 95% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 63 | 1.1▲ | 94% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 59 | 1 | 98% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 58 | 65 | 1.1▲ | 86% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 59 | 69 | 1.2▲ | 83% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 1.12 mi1.81 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 75% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 3% the higher standard. Across Cheshire West and Chester it was 61%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲75% | 62% | ||
| ▼3% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 111235)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Meadow Primary School on 11 November 2025 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Strong standard
- Leadership and governance: Strong standard
- Inspected
- 11 Nov 2025
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard |
What parents said
93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (81 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 93%
- Positive
- 88%
- Replies
- 81
- 19% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 78% who raised concerns
based on 14 parents (17%) whose child was bullied
based on 19 parents (23%) with SEND