The Meadows Primary School

Type Primary / Community school
Age Range 4-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Calder Road
Lincoln
Lincolnshire
LN5 9BB
Phone 01522721708
Reference Number 132179

The Meadows Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across all assessed areas including the quality of education, behaviour, and personal development. The school is particularly noted for its caring environment, where pupils feel happy and safe, with strong relationships between staff and students. High expectations for behaviour contribute to a calm atmosphere where pupils thrive both academically and personally. Although the school demonstrates solid curriculum foundations and ambitious learning strategies, there are areas needing attention, particularly in ensuring long-term retention of knowledge and strategic selection of reading materials to aid literacy development.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 351
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 49.86%
Girls: 50.14%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 25.4%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 7.7%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 25.1
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 26.2
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 24.4

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 17 14 31
2 28 20 48
3 22 36 58
4 25 30 55
5 23 30 53
6 29 25 54

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 82.6%
White, Other 3.1%
African 2.8%
White & Black (African) 2.3%
Indian 1.4%
White & Asian 1.1%
Asian, Other 1.1%
Chinese 0.9%
Mixed, Other 0.9%
Pakistani 0.9%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.6%
Unclassified 0.3%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Good
  >  Leadership & Management Good
  >  Early Years Provision Good
Last Report Date 11 Jan 2023
Date Report
11 Jan 2023 School inspection:
07 Mar 2017 Short inspection
06 Mar 2013 Full inspection:
03 Feb 2011 Full inspection:
20 May 2010 Monitoring visit
11 Jun 2008 Full inspection:

Strengths

  • Strong relationships between staff and pupils based on mutual respect.
  • High expectations for pupils' behaviour and a calm learning environment.
  • Well-constructed curriculum that engages pupils through big questions.
  • Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
  • Ample opportunities for personal development and extracurricular activities.

Areas for Improvement

  • Need to monitor long-term retention of key knowledge in the curriculum.
  • Lack of a strategic plan for the selection of key texts for pupils.

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 65%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 8%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 105
Maths 106

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -1.9
Writing -0.7
Maths 0.8

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 8 0
Third Preference 5 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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