Meadow Primary School

Meadow Primary School is performing well, achieving a good overall effectiveness rating in its first inspection. The school fosters a positive environment where pupils are happy, feel safe, and are encouraged to perform to the best of their abilities. Strong relationships among pupils and staff contribute to a conducive learning atmosphere, supported by an ambitious curriculum that spans from nursery to Year 6. The school has dedicated leaders who prioritize reading and phonics, ensuring that pupils develop their literacy skills effectively. The recent establishment of a nursery has expanded the school's offerings, catering to younger children.

Strengths

• Strong and positive relationships among pupils and staff.
• Pupils show great interest in their learning activities.
• Leaders have developed an ambitious curriculum across all year groups.
• Effective phonics teaching prioritized to enhance reading skills.
• Pupils with SEND are included in school life with targeted support.
• Wide range of extracurricular opportunities available to pupils.
• Staff well-being is prioritized, fostering a collaborative culture.

Areas for Improvement

• In foundation subjects, teaching is not always adapted sufficiently for pupils with SEND.
• Teachers are unclear about key knowledge required in foundation subjects, hindering consistent building of pupil learning.

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 Primary School attended 95.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.0% 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, 0.8% of pupils at Meadow 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 Meadow Primary School had 23.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.8% 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, 13.3% of pupils at Meadow Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.7% 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 Primary School received £5,976 and spent £5,524 for each of its 615 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,624,000 (£2,643 per pupil).

Across all 27 schools of Bourne Education Trust, income was £8,217 and spending £7,648 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 Epsom · Surrey local authority: places and applications

Meadow Primary School is part of Bourne Education Trust, which runs 30 schools. The nearest others:

• Nonsuch Primary School Epsom
• Auriol Junior School Epsom
• The Mead Infant and Nursery School Epsom
• West Ewell Primary School and Nursery Epsom
• Epsom and Ewell High School Epsom
• Epsom Primary and Nursery School Epsom
• Woodmansterne Primary School Banstead
• Teddington School Teddington
• Tadworth Primary School Tadworth
• Woodlands School Leatherhead

What is Meadow Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Meadow Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2022.

When was Meadow Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Meadow Primary School was last inspected in November 2022.

How many pupils does Meadow Primary School have?

Meadow Primary School has 585 pupils on roll.

What age range does Meadow Primary School cover?

Meadow Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 72% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Meadow Primary School?

Meadow Primary School is at Sparrow Farm Road, Stoneleigh, Epsom, Surrey, KT17 2LW.