Meadowbrook Primary School, Bristol

Ofsted's report card from its 3 March 2026 inspection grades Meadowbrook Primary School on 7 areas: 3 strong standard and 4 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Early years - Strong standard. "Early years is of the utmost priority for the Meadowbrook team."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders waste no time in identifying and assessing pupils' needs, including those who are disadvantaged and those who have special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND)."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "There have been many staffing changes in recent times."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Leaders have ensured that language and vocabulary are at the heart of the curriculum."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders have acted with rigour to address poor attendance."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders fully understand how well the curriculum is taught across the school."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders have designed a suitable programme to develop pupils personally and support their wellbeing."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure they support teachers to make explicit links between current and prior learning so that pupils can make connections and better remember their learning"; "Leaders should ensure that the teaching of the curriculum is of a consistently high quality across classes and subjects so that all pupils are taught well and achieve as highly as possible".

In 2025, 82% of Year 6 pupils at Meadowbrook Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 73% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 76% in South Gloucestershire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 89% in reading and 87% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 42 families put Meadowbrook Primary School as their first choice and 102 named it as one of their preferences, for 46 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Meadowbrook Primary School are Stoke Lodge Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 68% reading, 81% maths); Wheatfield Primary School (0.5 miles, 88% reading, 90% maths); Bowsland Green Primary School (0.5 miles, 93% reading, 67% maths); and Little Stoke Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 57% reading, 63% maths).

Meadowbrook Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Meadowbrook Primary School is one of 10 schools run by The Olympus Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 59% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

92 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Meadowbrook Primary School (as of April 2026): 83% would recommend the school, 86% say their child is happy there and 70% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (87%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (70%).

14.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 43% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (44%), Asian (17%) and Chinese (11%).

Meadowbrook Primary School had 25 teachers in 2026, one for every 14 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

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

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Savages Wood Rbt (n-bound), 150 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Meadowbrook Primary School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. On income deprivation affecting children it is in the 8th decile, where the 1st is the most deprived. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

Meadowbrook Primary School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.

The secondary schools closest to Meadowbrook Primary School are Bradley Stoke Community School (0.2 miles), Patchway Community School (1 mile), Abbeywood Community School (1.5 miles) and Winterbourne Academy (1.8 miles).