Meadow Vale Primary School
Moordale Avenue, Bracknell, RG42 1SY
This school is closed (it closed in October 2024).
It was replaced by King's Academy Meadow Vale. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Catherine Forrester
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Bracknell
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 680
- Pupils on roll
- 600
- URN
- 109942
- Local authority
- Bracknell Forest
About this school
Meadow Vale Primary School was a community primary school in Bracknell. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 600 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Meadow Vale Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 90 | 87 | 87 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 53% | 52% | 52% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 71% | 67% | 71% |
| Expected standard in maths | 63% | 67% | 69% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 74% | 63% | 62% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 103.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.50 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Meadow Vale Primary 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 | Bracknell Forest average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 53% | 62% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 52% | 61.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 52% | 61% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 634 |
| 2023/24 | 600 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Meadow Vale Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 24% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 82% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 52% | 4.4% | 18.2% | 600 | — |
| King's Academy Meadow Vale | — | 4.1% | 16% | 562 | 0.0 miles |
| Sandy Lane Primary School | 52% | 5.7% | 17.5% | 422 | 0.8 miles |
| Warfield Church of England Primary School | 73% | 4.1% | 5.3% | 444 | 1.0 miles |
| Binfield Church of England Primary School | 69% | 4.1% | 5.4% | 427 | 1.1 miles |
| Wildridings Primary School | 56% | 5.1% | 15.4% | 413 | 1.1 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 18.2%
- English as an additional language
- 18.3%
- Overall absence
- 4.4%
- Persistent absence
- 6%
Location
Nearby schools
-
King's Academy Meadow Vale0.0 miles
Primary · Bracknell
-
Sandy Lane Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Bracknell
-
Warfield Church of England Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Bracknell
-
Binfield Church of England Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Bracknell
-
Wildridings Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Bracknell
Other schools in Bracknell
- Binfield Church of England Primary School Primary
- Crown Wood Primary School Primary
- Fox Hill Primary School Primary
- Great Hollands Primary School Primary
- Harmans Water Primary School Primary
- Holly Spring Primary School Primary
- Jennett's Park CofE Primary School Primary
- King's Academy Meadow Vale Primary
- King's Academy Oakwood Primary
- Sandy Lane Primary School Primary
- St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School, Bracknell Primary
- St Michael's Easthampstead Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Meadow Vale Primary School teach?
- Meadow Vale Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Bracknell.
- Has Meadow Vale Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Meadow Vale Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Meadow Vale Primary School?
- Meadow Vale Primary School had 600 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Meadow Vale Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 53% in 2022/23 and 52% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Meadow Vale Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Meadow Vale Primary 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 31 October 2024.