Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre, Southport
Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre is a primary school for pupils aged 2 to 11 in Southport. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in July 2024. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 3rd-highest of the 19 schools in Southport with published results, and 3,408th of 14,452 across England. It was 77% full in 2025.
- SATs results
- Above England average
- Ofsted
- Good (2024)
- Demand
- Every first choice offered
- Attendance
- In line with England
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 80 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Sefton (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 27 Oct 2026
Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre in detail
Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre in its own words
From the headteacher's welcome: "At Kings Meadow, we believe that every child deserves a joyful and inspiring start to their educational journey. Our school is a place where curiosity is encouraged, friendships flourish, and each child is valued for who they are."
Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football and dance.
Headteacher's welcome (school website)Clubs (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
In 2025, 89% of Year 6 pupils at Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre reached the expected standard in reading and 81% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 74% in Sefton and 77% and 75% across England.
Results rose from 86% in reading and 71% in maths in 2024.
With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.
Getting a place at Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre
For September 2026 entry, 20 families put Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre as their first choice and 44 named it as one of their preferences, for 22 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.
Admissions history and your chances at Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre are Ainsdale St John's Church of England Primary School (0.6 miles, 63% reading, 50% maths); Shoreside Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 83% reading, 83% maths); Trinity St Peter's CofE Primary School (1.9 miles); and Farnborough Road Infant School (1.9 miles, Good).
Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre's 2025 results were higher than all 2 of them.
Ainsdale St John's Church of England Primary SchoolShoreside Primary SchoolTrinity St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolFarnborough Road Infant School
Who goes there
37.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 9.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.
In 2026, 29 pupils (16%) received SEN support and 13 (7.2%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.
Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre has a resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs: 10 places, 10 pupils on roll.
Staffing
Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre had 11 teachers in 2026, one for every 14 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Ainsdale Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.
12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Cherry Road (adjacent), 30 metres away.
The area around the school
Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.
In August 2026, police recorded 49 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, criminal damage and arson and public order offences. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Sefton (165).
Suspensions and exclusions
Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.
Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; DfE school workforce census; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics
Location
Every family who put it first was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance did not limit places that year.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 2 years agoOverall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
Early Years
Ofsted's report, in its own words
What is it like to attend this school?
Pupils thrive on being part of this caring and welcoming school. Children in the early years, and pupils across the rest of the school, benefit from the positive relationships that they form with staff. This helps them to feel happy and safe.
Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), understand the school's high expectations of their achievement. They rise to meet these expectations. Typically, pupils achieve well.
What does the school do well and what does it need to do better?
The school has successfully designed a curriculum that is ambitious for pupils, including for those with SEND. It has identified the important knowledge that pupils should learn at each stage and in each subject. Trips and visitors to the school further enhance the curriculum offer. Most pupils achieve well in a range of subjects.
Staff deliver the curriculum in a way that creates awe and wonder for pupils and promotes their love of learning. In most subjects, teachers successfully check how well pupils are learning the curriculum. However, in a few subjects, the school does not use information that it gathers to modify future teaching. Consequently, in these subjects, gaps in some pupils' prior learning remain.
From Ofsted's July 2024 inspection report: the opening paragraphs of each section, quoted word for word. Read the full report Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Ofsted Insights
Ofsted rated this school Good at its July 2024 inspection.
Rated Outstanding for
Behaviour & attitudes, Personal development, Early years.
Rated Good for
Quality of education, Leadership & management.
At a Glance
37.6%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
Resourced provision: Speech and language
SEN Provision
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 89% (2024 to 2025). Maths has improved from 71% to 81% (2024 to 2025). Writing has improved from 75% to 89% (2024 to 2025).
Class Sizes
22.4
Avg class size
19.0
Infant (KS1)
26.0
KS2
7
Total classes
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Social & online
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Before and after school care
Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre is on the Department for Education's free breakfast clubs programme (list updated July 2026), which pays for a free breakfast club for pupils before school. Source: Free breakfast clubs: schools on the programme, Department for Education Free breakfast clubs in Sefton
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
You apply to the council where you live. Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre is in Sefton; for families living there:
- Sefton's school travel policy: Home to School Transport Policy ext
- How to apply: Apply for Travel Support
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 9
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 3
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 9 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 8 slight.
3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise.
0 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Sefton is 16 (the median across 116 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
77%
Available places
158 pupils
205 places
47 spare places in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Area Demand Pressure - Southport
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Southport
Across Sefton council
Places available
3,080
Applications
2,586
Got 1st preference
91.4%
Got preferred school
98.6%
All primary applications across Sefton council (2026/27), not just this school.
This school: Every first choice offered
Inspection History(8)
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
29
SEN Support
13
EHC Plans
23.2%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre has a resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs: 10 places, 10 pupils on roll.
Source: GIAS, Department for Education.
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
181
Total Pupils
81
Boys
100
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
11
Teachers
16.5:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£53,341
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£6,192
Per pupil
£1135k
Total funding
£92k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
5.1%
Overall absence
12.4%
Persistent absence
145
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre
Questions parents ask about Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre
What are SATs results like at Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre?
Of the pupils at Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 89% reached the expected standard in reading and 81% did so in maths.
What is Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre's Ofsted rating?
Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre was rated Good at its most recent Ofsted inspection in July 2024.
What is the catchment area for Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre?
No fixed boundary. When Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre is oversubscribed, Sefton allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
Is it hard to get a place at Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre?
Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre was not full in 2025: it ran at 77% of its 205 places.
How big are the classes at Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre?
Classes at Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre average 22.4 pupils (2025/26).
How many pupils go to Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre?
Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre has around 181 pupils on roll. 38% are eligible for free school meals.
Does Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre have specialist SEN provision?
Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre has a resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs: 10 places, 10 pupils on roll.
What is attendance like at Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre?
5.1% of sessions were missed at Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre in 2024/25. 12.4% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
How do I apply to Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre?
Apply through Sefton's coordinated admissions process, naming Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
Does Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre have a breakfast club or after-school club?
Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre is on the Department for Education's free breakfast clubs programme (list updated July 2026), which pays for a free breakfast club for pupils before school.
How many road collisions happen near Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 9 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 8 slight. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise. 0 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Sefton is 16 (the median across 116 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre?
Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre is at Meadow Lane, Ainsdale, Southport, Merseyside, PR8 3RS.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)