Meadowside School
Pool Lane, Woodchurch, Wirral, CH49 5LA
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Acting Headteacher
- Miss Paula Wareing
- Constituency
- Wirral West
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 113
- Pupils on roll
- 114
- URN
- 105133
- Local authority
- Wirral
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01516787711
About this school
Meadowside School is a community special school in Wirral. It teaches children aged 11 to 19 and has 114 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Meadowside School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 17 | 14 | 15 |
| Attainment 8 score | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.55 -2.35 to -0.75 | -1.57 -2.33 to -0.80 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Meadowside School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Wirral average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0.2 | 39.4 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 0.3 | 37.3 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 0.3 | 37.4 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 15% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 12.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 104 |
| 2023/24 | 107 |
| 2024/25 | 112 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 67.57%
- English as an additional language
- 1.8%
- Overall absence
- 10.01%
- Persistent absence
- 17.33%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Gilbrook School0.3 miles
Special schools
-
Foxfield School0.6 miles
Special schools · Woodchurch
-
Hayfield School1.3 miles
Special schools · Wirral
-
Wirral Wrap1.5 miles
Special schools · Birkenhead
-
Birkenhead School1.6 miles
Independent schools · Prenton
Other schools in Wirral
- Hayfield School Special schools
- Orrets Meadow School Academies
- Stanley School Special schools
- West Kirby School and College Special schools
- Wirral Hospitals' School Academies
- Castleway Nursery School Nursery
- Ganneys Meadow Nursery School and Family Centre Nursery
- Barnston Primary School Primary
- Black Horse Hill Infant School Primary
- Black Horse Hill Junior School Primary
- Brackenwood Infant School Primary
- Brackenwood Junior School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Meadowside School teach?
- Meadowside School teaches children aged 11 to 19. It is a special school in Wirral.
- Who is the acting headteacher of Meadowside School?
- The acting headteacher of Meadowside School is Miss Paula Wareing, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Meadowside School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Meadowside School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Meadowside School?
- Meadowside School has 114 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- Is Meadowside School full?
- Meadowside School has capacity for 113 pupils and 114 on roll (101%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Meadowside School a faith school?
- No. Meadowside School has no designated religious character.
- How have Meadowside School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 0.2 in 2022/23 and 0.3 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Meadowside School's absence rate?
- Meadowside School's overall absence rate is 10% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Meadowside School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Meadowside School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.