Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School, Warrington

In 2025, 58% of Year 6 pupils at Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School reached the expected standard in reading and 55% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 83% and 80% in Warrington and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 56% in reading and 75% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 23 families put Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School as their first choice and 44 named it as one of their preferences, for 24 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 Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School are St Stephen's Catholic Primary School (0.2 miles, Good, 77% reading, 83% maths); St Margaret's Church of England Primary School (0.3 miles); St Andrew's CofE Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 68% reading, 79% maths); and St Andrew's CofE Primary School (0.4 miles).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School.

Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School is one of 14 schools run by The Challenge Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 57% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

59.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 57 pupils (22.4%) received SEN support and 34 (13.3%) 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.

Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School has a SEN unit for specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, visual impairment, hearing impairment, speech, language and communication needs, autism, social, emotional and mental health needs, multi-sensory impairment and moderate learning difficulties: 32 places, 28 pupils on roll.

Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School had 17 teachers in 2026, one for every 13 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Warrington Central Rail Station, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line.

15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Clough Avenue (cnr), 70 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School 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 292 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, public order offences and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Warrington (96), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School issued 25 suspensions, 9.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School are Beamont Collegiate Academy (0.3 miles), Aldridge UTC Warrington (0.9 miles) and Padgate Academy (1.2 miles).