Meadow Primary School
Primary · Ellesmere Port · CH66 4SZ
Data updated
Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)
The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.
Inspected 11 November 2025 · report published 11 January 2026
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419 pupils · 100% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 5.5% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 2.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 5.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 4.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Website
- www.meadow.cheshire.sch.uk/
- URN
- 151417
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 59 families named it first for 59 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 1.123 miles; distance decided places in 5 of the 5 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2022 to 2026. At its report-card inspection on 11 November 2025, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.00 first-choice applications per place59 places offered · 59 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 1.123 miles for 2026 entry.
Admissions cutoff distance: Reception
Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 1.123 miles
measured in a straight line.
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Ellesmere Port school admissions · Cheshire West and Chester school admissions
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 92% (Cheshire West and Chester 83%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Cheshire West and Chester 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Cheshire West and Chester 1%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Cheshire West and Chester 1%, England 3%) · Black African 1% (Cheshire West and Chester 2%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Cheshire West and Chester 1%, England 2%) · 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)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
2.12 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Cheshire West and Chester: 1.86 suspensions and 0.01 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
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
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £54,004; 24% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Inspection history since 2015
- 11 November 2025: Expected standard
Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 30.6% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 13.9% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 33.6% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 10.3% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 50.8% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 92.5% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 1.5% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 6% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 10.9% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 0.2% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 18.6% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 9.9% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01018559 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £230,000444 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £190,000–£275,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
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 (1.81 km, 2026 entry): 963 sales, median £225,000. 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
- 0an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 4an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 9an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 4an 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