Kings Meadow School, Northampton
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 3 months agoReport card - no overall grade (new Ofsted framework from Sep 2024)
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Kings Meadow excels at creating a caring, supportive environment where vulnerable pupils feel safe and valued. The school provides excellent specialist and therapeutic support tailored to each child's individual needs, helping them to re-engage with learning after difficult experiences. Pupils develop significantly in confidence, emotional wellbeing and behaviour, with strong relationships at the heart of daily school life.
Key Strengths
- Strong safeguarding culture with all legal requirements met and pupils feeling safe
- Excellent pastoral care and behaviour support creating a warm, inclusive environment where pupils feel valued and understood
- Well-coordinated specialist and therapeutic support including speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and emotional support
- Effective leadership that has stabilised staffing and improved morale
- Improving attendance through personalised approaches for individual pupils
Areas for Improvement
- Academic progress remains inconsistent - pupils developing social and emotional skills but not yet building secure knowledge in core subjects
- Overall school attendance still too low with too many pupils persistently absent despite targeted support
- Teaching quality variable across classes, sometimes prioritising engagement over systematic development of knowledge and skills
- Assessment systems not yet giving clear picture of pupil progress over time
- Handwriting and written work quality needs improvement
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met - the school has established an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and all legal requirements are fulfilled.
Extracurricular Activities
Football, basketball, swimming, outdoor learning, art, music, mindfulness, litter-picking, community projects, values days, cultural celebrations (Eid, Chinese New Year, International Women's Day)
Kings Meadow School is a specialist school for pupils with social, emotional and mental health needs, where new leadership has brought rapid improvement in behaviour, safety and the school environment. The school provides highly tailored support and therapeutic interventions to help pupils re-engage with education.
At a Glance
67.9%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
SEN Provision
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 0%. Maths has remained stable at around 0%. Writing has remained stable at around 0%.
Class Sizes
0.0
Avg class size
0
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
95%
Near capacity
53 pupils
56 capacity
3 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Northampton
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Northampton
Admissions Demand - West Northamptonshire
Places available
5,079
Applications
4,699
Got 1st preference
77.2%
Got preferred school
95.4%
Secondary admissions across West Northamptonshire (2025/26)
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SEN Provision
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Pupil Demographics
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Pupil Absence2024/25
25.04946%
Overall absence
63.46154%
Persistent absence
52
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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