Spring Meadow Primary School & Nursery

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Spring Meadow Primary School & School House Nursery, inspected in February 2024.

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).

In 2025–26 Spring Meadow Primary School & Nursery had 18.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7).

Pupils per teacher

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, 29.1% of pupils at Spring Meadow Primary School & Nursery were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.6% 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.

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Spring Meadow Primary School & Nursery is part of Life Education Trust, which runs 12 schools. The nearest others:

• Langenhoe Community Primary School Colchester
• Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Eight Ash Green and Aldham Colchester
• Fordham All Saints CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School Colchester
• Chappel CofE Controlled Primary School Colchester
• Ford End Church of England Primary School Chelmsford
• Roxwell Church of England Primary School Chelmsford
• Margaretting Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Ingatestone
• Dr Walker's CofE Primary School Ongar
• Dame Tipping Church of England Primary School Romford
• The Frances Bardsley Academy for Girls Romford

What is Spring Meadow Primary School & Nursery's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Spring Meadow Primary School & Nursery is Good, from an inspection in February 2024 of its predecessor, Spring Meadow Primary School & School House Nursery.

When was Spring Meadow Primary School & Nursery last inspected by Ofsted?

Spring Meadow Primary School & Nursery was last inspected in November 2025.

How many pupils does Spring Meadow Primary School & Nursery have?

Spring Meadow Primary School & Nursery has 354 pupils on roll.

What age range does Spring Meadow Primary School & Nursery cover?

Spring Meadow Primary School & Nursery for pupils aged 2 to 11.

Where is Spring Meadow Primary School & Nursery?

Spring Meadow Primary School & Nursery is at Pound Farm Drive, Dovercourt, Harwich, Essex, CO12 4LB.