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Meadow Primary School, Ellesmere Port

Primary
Academy converter
Mixed
Ages 4–11

Meadow Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 4 to 11 in Ellesmere Port, part of Everton Multi Academy Trust. It was full in 2025, at 101% of capacity.

Demand
Oversubscribed
Attendance
Better than England average
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Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days

Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Cheshire West and Chester (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.

Data last updated 26 Oct 2026

Meadow Primary School in detail

Meadow Primary School in its own words

The school runs after-school care.

Wraparound care (school website)

Source: The school's own website

Results

Meadow Primary School has no published results of its own yet. Before it took its current form in 2025, as Meadow Community Primary School (URN 111235), 78% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 81% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.

Getting a place at Meadow Primary School

For September 2026 entry, 59 families put Meadow Primary School as their first choice and 152 named it as one of their preferences, for 59 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. 3 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Admissions history and your chances at Meadow Primary School

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to Meadow Primary School are St Saviour's Catholic Primary and Nursery School (0.4 miles, Good, 77% reading, 74% maths); St Saviour's Catholic Primary and Nursery School, A Voluntary Academy (0.4 miles); Woodlands Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 73% reading, 63% maths); and Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 80% reading, 72% maths).

St Saviour's Catholic Primary and Nursery SchoolSt Saviour's Catholic Primary and Nursery School, A Voluntary AcademyWoodlands Primary SchoolOur Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School

The trust

Meadow Primary School is one of 5 schools run by Everton Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

All 5 schools in Everton Multi Academy Trust

What parents say

81 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Meadow Primary School (as of April 2026): 93% would recommend the school, 93% say their child is happy there and 55% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they would recommend the school (93%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (55%).

Who goes there

5.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 2.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (92%) and Mixed (5%).

In 2026, 27 pupils (6.4%) received SEN support and 15 (3.6%) 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.

Getting there

The nearest railway station is Capenhurst Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Hope Farm Shops (opposite), 80 metres away.

The area around the school

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Meadow Primary School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 128 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, vehicle crime and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Cheshire West and Chester (71), as is usual near a town centre.

Suspensions and exclusions

In 2024/25, Meadow Primary School issued 9 suspensions, 2.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

Secondary schools nearby

The secondary schools closest to Meadow Primary School are The Whitby High School (0.6 miles); Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy (0.6 miles); and Ellesmere Port Church of England College (1.1 miles).

The Whitby High SchoolEllesmere Port Catholic High School, a Voluntary AcademyEllesmere Port Church of England College

Sources: DfE school performance data; GIAS establishment links; DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; Ofsted Parent View; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics

Location

Likely (~364m)Possible (~520m)Unlikely (~676m)

Our estimate from how close the nearest similar schools are and how oversubscribed the council's schools are. It is not a published boundary.

Key Information

DfE GIAS
Head:Mrs S L Curtis
Pupils:419
LA:Cheshire West and Chester
Phone:01512031690
Address:Dolphin Crescent, Great Sutton, Ellesmere Port, CH66 4SZ
Trust:EVERTON MULTI ACADEMY TRUST (5 schools)
Status:open
Opened:1 January 2025

Ofsted Rating

Ofsted · 11 months ago

Report card - no single overall grade (Ofsted's framework since November 2025)

Inclusion
Strong Standard
Curriculum & teaching
Expected Standard
Achievement
Expected Standard
Attendance & behaviour
Strong Standard
Personal development
Strong Standard
Early years
Strong Standard
Leadership & governance
Strong Standard

Safeguarding standards: met

Inspected 11 November 2025View full report

Meadow Primary School has had no graded Ofsted inspection since it took its current form in January 2025. Before that, as Meadow Community Primary School (URN 111235), it was rated Outstanding in May 2015.

URN:151417
UKPRN:10096771
Diocese:Not applicable
Constituency:Ellesmere Port and Bromborough
Urban/Rural:Urban: Nearer to a major town or city

Ofsted Insights

From Ofsted's November 2025 inspection report.

What This School Does Well

Meadow Primary School excels at creating an inclusive, welcoming environment where every child feels safe and valued. The school has strong systems for identifying when pupils need extra help and provides effective support so all children can learn successfully alongside their peers. Staff are caring and warm, and the school offers a fantastic range of clubs, trips and activities to help children discover new talents and interests.

Key Strengths

  • Strong attendance levels above average with effective support for families
  • Calm, orderly behaviour with pupils who are respectful, kind and listen well to staff
  • Highly inclusive approach ensuring all pupils, including those with SEND and disadvantaged pupils, can participate fully
  • Excellent early communication and language development in Reception with ambitious vocabulary
  • Wide range of clubs, trips and enrichment activities that help pupils develop new interests and talents

Areas for Improvement

  • Some pupils are not supported effectively to write with accuracy in certain subject areas
  • Need to continue strengthening foundational knowledge focus in Key Stage 1

Safeguarding

Safeguarding standards are met, with leaders creating an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and concerns are actively identified and managed.

Extracurricular Activities

School trips, sporting events, clubs, litter picking, charity fundraising, special events at residential homes

Meadow Primary School is an inclusive and welcoming school where pupils are happy, attend well, and achieve from their starting points. Leaders and staff work together to create a positive learning environment with high aspirations for all pupils.

At a Glance

5.5%

Free School Meals

No

Boarding

No

Nursery

No

Sixth Form

No

Special Measures

What Parents Think

81 responses
Would recommend93%
Child is happy93%
Feels safe90%
Well behaved83%
Bullying dealt with (of parents with a view)55%
Kept informed89%
Handles concerns (of parents who raised one)88%

Source: Ofsted Parent View, responses as at April 2026 - % who strongly agree or agree

Class Sizes

29.9

Avg class size

30.0

Infant (KS1)

29.9

KS2

14

Total classes

2 classes with more than 30 pupils

2025/26 academic year

Results at Meadow Community Primary School before it took its current form in 2025 (KS2)

Academic year 2024/25

Published for Meadow Community Primary School (URN 111235), the school Meadow Primary School replaced. There are no figures for Meadow Primary School yet, so these are shown separately.

KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)

2024
2025
Reading-4ppMaths-1ppWriting+10pp

Reading has declined from 82% to 78% (2024 to 2025). Maths has remained stable at around 81% (2024 to 2025). Writing has improved from 73% to 83% (2024 to 2025).

How Does This School Compare?

Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools

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Term dates

Meadow Primary School is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Cheshire West and Chester's term dates for its community schools.

Getting There

Bus Stops

Hope Farm Shops (opp)
79m · 1 min walk
Halton Road (nr)
134m · 2 min walk
Painswick Road (cnr)
201m · 3 min walk
Wyndham Crescent (cnr)
326m · 5 min walk
Baker Drive (nr)
326m · 5 min walk

Free school transport

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You apply to the council where you live. Meadow Primary School is in Cheshire West and Chester; for families living there:

Apply to Cheshire West and Chester for free school transport. Its policy is on the council's website.

Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
9
Fatal
0
Serious
4
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, 4 serious and 5 slight.

3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on a bicycle.

5 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 Cheshire West and Chester is 7 (the median across 184 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.

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Your chances of a place at Meadow Primary School

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What the report includes for Meadow Primary School:

  • The straight-line distance from your home to Meadow Primary School.
  • Cheshire West and Chester publishes last distance offered figures, but none for Meadow Primary School that we hold, so the report covers demand, alternatives and dates.
  • Applications, first choices and offers at Meadow Primary School for 2025 and 2026 entry.
  • How many families in Cheshire West and Chester got their first choice, and how often appeals there succeed.
  • The nearest state schools to your home, with Ofsted rating, demand and last distance offered where published.
  • Key dates for September 2027 entry and how to apply.

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Capacity & Demand

School Occupancy

101%

Over capacity

425 pupils

420 places

5 pupils over capacity in 2025

2025, DfE school capacity data

Area Demand Pressure - Ellesmere Port

Low pressure
New homes approved:984
Projected new pupils:246

Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Ellesmere Port

Across Cheshire West and Chester council

Low demand council-wide0.77 applications per place

Places available

4,260

Applications

3,274

Got 1st preference

92.3%

Got preferred school

98.5%

All primary applications across Cheshire West and Chester council (2026/27), not just this school.

This school: Oversubscribed

Inspection History(2)

11 November 2025Report card
Inclusion
Curriculum & teaching
Achievement
Attendance & behaviour
Personal development
Early years
Leadership & governance
8 January 2025

SEND & SEN Provision

SEN Overview

27

SEN Support

15

EHC Plans

10.0%

of Total Pupils

2026 academic year

Provision & Specialist Facilities

No specialist provision recorded

Pupils by Need Type

Speech, Language & Communication10
Social, Emotional & Mental Health7
Autistic Spectrum Disorder7
Specific Learning Difficulty3
Hearing Impairment1
EHC Plan
SEN Support

Pupil Demographics

Ethnicity

White British
91.9%
Asian
0.4%
Black
0.9%
Mixed
5.2%
Chinese
0.2%
Other
0.7%

2026 academic year

Key Indicators

Free School Meals5.5%
English as Additional Language2.9%

419

Total Pupils

198

Boys

221

Girls

2026 academic year

Workforce

25

Teachers

16.8:1

Pupil-teacher ratio

£54,004

Mean salary

2026 data

School Funding

£4,955

Per pupil

£2253k

Total funding

£27k

Pupil premium

Deprivation£48,042
EAL funding£4,168
Lump sum£145,100

2025-26 financial year allocations

Pupil Absence
2024/25

3.9%

Overall absence

3.6%

Persistent absence

364

Enrolments

Authorised2.8%
Unauthorised1.1%
Persistent (10%+)3.6%
Severe (50%+)0.0%

Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.

Questions parents ask about Meadow Primary School

Are there exam results for Meadow Primary School?

Meadow Primary School has no published results of its own yet. Before it took its current form in 2025, as Meadow Community Primary School (URN 111235), 78% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 81% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.

What is Meadow Primary School's Ofsted rating?

Meadow Primary School has had no graded Ofsted inspection since it took its current form in January 2025. Before that, as Meadow Community Primary School (URN 111235), it was rated Outstanding in May 2015.

What is the catchment area for Meadow Primary School?

No fixed boundary. When Meadow Primary School is oversubscribed, Cheshire West and Chester allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.

Is it hard to get a place at Meadow Primary School?

Meadow Primary School was full in 2025, at 101% of its capacity, so places are allocated on the oversubscription criteria.

How big are the classes at Meadow Primary School?

Classes at Meadow Primary School average 29.9 pupils (2025/26). 2 classes have more than 30 pupils - infant classes are capped at 30 by law, with limited exceptions.

How many pupils go to Meadow Primary School?

Meadow Primary School has around 419 pupils on roll. 6% are eligible for free school meals.

What is attendance like at Meadow Primary School?

3.9% of sessions were missed at Meadow Primary School in 2024/25. 3.6% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

How do I apply to Meadow Primary School?

Apply through Cheshire West and Chester's coordinated admissions process, naming Meadow Primary School 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.

How many road collisions happen near Meadow Primary School?

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, 4 serious and 5 slight. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on a bicycle. 5 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 Cheshire West and Chester is 7 (the median across 184 schools, same distance and years).

Where is Meadow Primary School?

Meadow Primary School is at Dolphin Crescent, Great Sutton, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, CH66 4SZ.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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