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High Meadow Community School

Primary · Coleshill · B46 1ES

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 14 November 2023

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At a glance

196 pupils · 93% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
12.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
3.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.highmeadowcommunityschool.co.uk
URN
125584

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 20 families named it first for 23 Reception places, 0.87 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 1.436 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 5 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2021 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 14 November 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.87 first-choice applications per place

23 places offered · 20 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2025 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1.436 miles

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

30 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
47%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
10%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
103
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school47%
Median of its 12 closest peers73%
Warwickshire average62.3%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
St Lawrence Church of England Primary SchoolLINCOLN · 68 miles awayGood75%
St Thomas' CofE Primary AcademyStoke-on-Trent · 45 miles awayGood56%
The Bishop William Ward Church of England Primary SchoolColchester · 117 miles awayGood63%
Crondall Primary SchoolFarnham · 95 miles awayNot yet graded81%
Baschurch CofE Primary SchoolShrewsbury · 52 miles awayGood71%
Thornton Cleveleys Baines Endowed Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolThornton-Cleveleys · 108 miles awayGood52%
Ashton Keynes Church of England Primary SchoolSwindon · 60 miles awayGood91%
Queniborough Church of England Primary SchoolLeicester · 31 miles awayGood52%
Jerome Primary SchoolCannock · 16 miles awayGood84%
Howden Junior SchoolGoole · 93 miles awayExpected standard56%
Marldon Church of England Primary SchoolPaignton · 163 miles awayNo current grade80%
Puriton Primary SchoolBridgwater · 107 miles awayGood79%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 79% (Warwickshire 68%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 5% (Warwickshire 1%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 3% (Warwickshire 7%, England 4%) · Any other White background 3% (Warwickshire 8%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Warwickshire 3%, England 3%) · Not recorded 2% (Warwickshire 1%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Warwickshire 3%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Warwickshire 1%, England 5%) · Any other Black background 1% (Warwickshire 1%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Warwickshire 0%, England 1%) · other groups together 2%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
10.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

6.60 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Warwickshire: 3.32 suspensions and 0.07 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
19.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

89% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 11% moved to another state school

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £49,487; 33.3% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£8,173
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 66% (76%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (8%) · supplies and services 17% (9%) · educational supplies 7% (4%) · bought-in professional services 8% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£484; in-year balance -£59,624

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher26.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications17.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work33.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways14.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health52.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier79.3%62.3%
Social housing6.8%17.1%
Privately rented13.8%20.5%
Detached houses13.2%22.9%
Flats0.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms18.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van9.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01031019 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£265,000163 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£201,500–£306,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (16)£399,000
Semi-detached (66)£291,000
Terraced (48)£237,500
Flat (33)£155,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (2.31 km, 2025 entry): 389 sales, median £270,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
2an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
8an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
3an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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