Meadow Park School

Meadow Park School is currently rated as requiring improvement, but it is experiencing significant positive changes under the leadership of the new headteacher. There is a clear vision from the leadership team to enhance educational quality, and both pupils and staff have noted a marked improvement in the school environment. Although the school is welcoming and caring, it faces challenges in ensuring that all pupils retain key knowledge and understanding necessary for their academic success.

Strengths

• The school has a caring and inclusive environment.
• Leadership has established a clear and ambitious vision for improvement.
• Behaviour in classes is generally good, with effective management of isolated incidents.
• There are opportunities for pupils to support their mental health.
• The curriculum is broad and tailored to pupil interests, with various subjects offered.

Areas for Improvement

• Pupils struggle to remember key information necessary for learning.
• Inconsistent checking of pupil understanding by some teachers leaves misconceptions unaddressed.
• Insufficient targeted support for weaker readers affects their curriculum access.
• Some pupils display poor attitudes towards learning and need extra encouragement.

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 School attended 87.8% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 34.4% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

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, 14.1% of pupils at Meadow Park School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 2 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 School had 15.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 41.7% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

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, 18.8% of pupils at Meadow Park School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 1.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

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 secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Meadow Park School received £8,834 and spent £8,603 for each of its 807 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £2,156,000 (£2,671 per pupil).

Across all 8 schools of Finham Park Multi-Academy Trust, income was £7,796 and spending £7,758 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 School is part of Finham Park Multi-Academy Trust, which runs 8 schools. The nearest others:

• Finham Primary School Coventry
• Finham Park School Coventry
• Lyng Hall School Coventry
• Pearl Hyde Community Primary School Coventry
• Finham Park 2 Coventry
• Limbrick Wood Primary School Coventry
• Lillington Primary School Leamington Spa

What is Meadow Park School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Meadow Park School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in January 2024.

When was Meadow Park School last inspected by Ofsted?

Meadow Park School was last inspected in January 2024.

How many pupils does Meadow Park School have?

Meadow Park School has 734 pupils on roll.

What age range does Meadow Park School cover?

Meadow Park School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Meadow Park School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 33.1, and 29% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Meadow Park School?

Meadow Park School is at Abbey Road, Whitley, Coventry, West Midlands, CV3 4BD.