Spring Meadow Primary School & Nursery, Harwich

In its own words: "At Spring Meadow Primary School and Nursery, we have embraced the values of LIFE Education Trust. We want to empower every child to approach life with optimism, creativity and compassion, and we believe that this will allow every member of our school community to flourish. It takes courage to hope for a better future."

The school runs a breakfast club, from £4 per session.

Spring Meadow Primary School & Nursery has no published results of its own yet. Before it took its current form in 2025, as Spring Meadow Primary School & School House Nursery (URN 114834), 64% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 80% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.

For September 2026 entry, 33 families put Spring Meadow Primary School & Nursery as their first choice and 55 named it as one of their preferences, for 33 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Spring Meadow Primary School & Nursery are All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Dovercourt (0.1 miles, Good, 75% reading, 75% maths); The Mayflower Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 72% reading, 60% maths); St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (0.6 miles, 88% reading, 65% maths); and Chase Lane Primary School and Nursery (0.6 miles, Good, 81% reading, 80% maths).

Spring Meadow Primary School & Nursery is one of 12 schools run by Life Education Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 70% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

48.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 4.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (86%) and Mixed (7%).

In 2026, 103 pupils (29.1%) received SEN support and 20 (5.6%) 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 social, emotional and mental health needs.

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

15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Scout Hut (outside), 120 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Spring Meadow Primary School & Nursery 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 186 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Essex (97), as is usual near a town centre.