Meadowdale Primary School

Meadowdale Primary School continues to be a good school, demonstrating a strong commitment to providing an ambitious and supportive environment for its pupils. The headteacher, Liz Martin, and the governing body effectively manage the school within the Learn Academies Trust, which ensures a well-rounded educational experience. The school is praised for its nurturing relationships between staff and pupils, high expectations for learning, and excellent support for students, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Despite some minor inconsistencies in assessing pupils' comprehension of the curriculum, the overall learning environment is positive, and pupils are engaged and enthusiastic about their education.

Strengths

• Welcoming and ambitious school environment
• High expectations leading to good pupil achievement
• Nurturing relationships between staff and students
• Well-resourced and engaging Reception Year provision
• Effective phonics program that promotes fluency in reading
• Strong mathematics curriculum with secure subject knowledge
• Well-planned and sequenced wider curriculum
• Effective support for pupils with SEND
• A range of extracurricular opportunities
• Staff feel supported and appreciate high-quality training

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in how well pupils recall curriculum content

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Meadowdale Primary School attended 95.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.3% of pupils at Meadowdale Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Meadowdale Primary School had 24.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.7% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 14.1% of pupils at Meadowdale Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Meadowdale Primary School received £5,912 and spent £5,782 for each of its 383 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £45,000 (£118 per pupil).

Across all 19 schools of Learn Academies Trust, income was £6,955 and spending £6,849 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Market Harborough · Leicestershire local authority: places and applications

Meadowdale Primary School is part of Learn Academies Trust, which runs 19 schools. The nearest others:

• Great Bowden Academy, A Church of England Primary School Market Harborough
• Ridgeway Primary Academy Market Harborough
• Market Harborough Church of England Academy Market Harborough
• Lubenham All Saints Church of England Primary School Market Harborough
• Church Langton Church of England Primary School Market Harborough
• Husbands Bosworth Church of England Primary School Lutterworth
• St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, North Kilworth Lutterworth
• South Kilworth Church of England Primary School Lutterworth
• Houghton-on-the-Hill Church of England Primary School Leicester
• All Saints Church of England Primary School Wigston

What is Meadowdale Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Meadowdale Primary School is Good, from an inspection in April 2024.

When was Meadowdale Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Meadowdale Primary School was last inspected in April 2024.

How many pupils does Meadowdale Primary School have?

Meadowdale Primary School has 389 pupils on roll.

What age range does Meadowdale Primary School cover?

Meadowdale Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Meadowdale Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 57% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Meadowdale Primary School?

Meadowdale Primary School is at Meadowdale Road, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 7XQ.