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Meadow Community Primary School

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMrs S L Curtis

location_onEllesmere Port, CH66 4SZ

language Visit Website phone 1512031690

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Ofsted

Outstanding

Inspected 2015

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Students

420

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Expected Standard

75%

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Demand Ratio

1.0x

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Meadow Community Primary School is a Community school primary school in Ellesmere Port, serving ages 4-11. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted — the highest possible grade. Ranks in the top 21% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Meadow Community Primary School is a community school in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester, admitting pupils aged 4-11. The school has approximately 420 pupils on roll.

In 2025, 75% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 3% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #18 of 126 primaries in Cheshire West and Chester and #3,201 of 15,231 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2015. The school's current overall rating is Outstanding.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 1.0× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 21.0:1. There are no current teaching vacancies. Teacher turnover in the previous year was 3.0%.

In the 2023/24 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.5 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

75%

LA 59%

Reading78% LA 74%

Writing83% LA 70%

Maths81% LA 71%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

103

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

60%

LA 58%England 61%

Reading82% LA 73% · Eng 74%

Writing73% LA 69% · Eng 72%

Maths82% LA 70% · Eng 73%

Read SS

105

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

63%

LA 57%England 60%

Reading75% LA 73% · Eng 73%

Writing84% LA 70% · Eng 71%

Maths71% LA 70% · Eng 73%

Read SS

106

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

-0.1

Read

LA 0.4

-1.8 to 1.5

0.6

Write

LA 0.1

-1.0 to 2.2

-1.7

Maths

LA -0.4

-3.3 to -0.2

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

69%

LA 63%England 65%

Reading76% LA 74% · Eng 73%

Writing87% LA 75% · Eng 78%

Maths84% LA 76% · Eng 79%

Read SS

105

Maths SS

106

GPS SS

106

Progress (0 = national avg)

-1.3

Read

LA 0.2

-2.8 to 0.3

0.6

Write

LA -0.7

-0.9 to 2.0

-0.4

Maths

LA -0.4

-1.7 to 1.0

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

69%

LA 62%

Reading79% LA 77%

Writing81% LA 73%

Maths79% LA 74%

Read SS

105

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

107

Progress (0 = national avg)

-0.2

Read

LA 0.4

-1.7 to 1.3

-0.4

Write

LA -1.1

-1.8 to 1

-0.4

Maths

LA -0.3

-1.8 to 1

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

No digital report timeline available.

Inspection History

2 Evaluations

2015-05-06

S5 Inspection EIF

Outstanding

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Outstanding

2011-11-03

None EIF

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Outstanding

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

0.0%per term

sentiment_satisfied Below Average (Good)

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.0%(0 pupils)

Summer term 2024

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.063% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Summer term of 2024, this school served a headcount of 424 pupils. During this period, there were 0 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 0.0%, which is below the termly national average of 0.8%.

View Historical Disciplinary Records (2017–2025)keyboard_arrow_down

Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2023/24 (Summer term)	424	0	0.0%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	426	3	0.7%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	423	3	0.7%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	421	0	0.0%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	420	3	0.7%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	418	0	0.0%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	421	3	0.7%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	421	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	425	3	0.7%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	426	0	0.0%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	426	0	0.0%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	425	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Summer term)	432	0	0.0%	0.0%
2019/20 (Spring term)	432	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Autumn term)	428	0	0.0%	0.6%
2018/19 (Summer term)	429	0	0.0%	0.4%
2018/19 (Spring term)	426	0	0.0%	0.5%
2018/19 (Autumn term)	424	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Summer term)	429	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Spring term)	423	0	0.0%	0.4%
2017/18 (Autumn term)	418	0	0.0%	0.5%
2016/17 (Summer term)	422	0	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Spring term)	421	0	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Autumn term)	419	0	0.0%	0.5%