Meadow Park Academy

Meadow Park Academy has been judged as good overall, successfully fostering a positive learning environment where pupils are eager to engage and express themselves. With a well-structured curriculum that emphasizes reading and development from early years, pupils demonstrate a strong love for learning. High expectations for behavior create a respectful atmosphere, complemented by robust support systems for emotional well-being. Staff training and development contribute to effective curriculum delivery, although there are areas for improvement in ensuring all pupils grasp the key concepts being taught.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate a genuine love for reading.
• The curriculum is ambitious and well-designed from early years to Year 6.
• High expectations for behaviour lead to a calm and purposeful atmosphere.
• Robust systems for the early identification of pupils with SEND are in place.
• Comprehensive personal, social, and health education curriculum enhances pupils' development.

Areas for Improvement

• Teachers do not consistently check pupils' understanding before moving on.
• Not all adaptations in learning activities effectively meet the needs of all pupils.

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 Meadow Park Academy attended 92.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 25.5% 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, 2.1% of pupils at Meadow Park Academy 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 Meadow Park Academy had 18.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 27.2% 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, 16.8% of pupils at Meadow Park Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.8% 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 Meadow Park Academy received £7,653 and spent £7,426 for each of its 326 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £92,000 (£282 per pupil).

Across all 15 schools of Anthem Schools Trust, income was £8,162 and spending £8,134 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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Meadow Park Academy is part of Anthem Schools Trust, which runs 15 schools. The nearest others:

• All Saints Junior School Reading
• Abbey Woods Academy Wallingford
• Oxford Spires Academy Oxford
• Gladstone Park Primary School London
• Queensbury Academy Dunstable
• St Mark's Church of England Academy Mitcham
• Abacus Belsize Primary School London
• Judith Kerr Primary School London
• The Deepings School Peterborough
• Grampian Primary Academy Derby

What is Meadow Park Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Meadow Park Academy is Good, from an inspection in December 2023.

When was Meadow Park Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Meadow Park Academy was last inspected in December 2023.

How many pupils does Meadow Park Academy have?

Meadow Park Academy has 285 pupils on roll.

What age range does Meadow Park Academy cover?

Meadow Park Academy for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Meadow Park Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 47% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Meadow Park Academy?

Meadow Park Academy is at Norcot Road, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG30 6BS.