Spring Meadow Infant School
High Barns, Ely, CB7 4RB
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Laura Fielding
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 180
- Pupils on roll
- 143
- URN
- 110760
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01353664742
About this school
Spring Meadow Infant School is a community primary school in Ely. It teaches children aged 4 to 7 and has 143 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Spring Meadow Infant 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Spring Meadow Infant 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 144 |
| 2023/24 | 137 |
| 2024/25 | 143 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Spring Meadow Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 30% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6.5% | 37.1% | 143 | — |
| Ely St Mary's CofE Junior School | 61% | 5% | 35% | 226 | 0.1 miles |
| Isle of Ely Primary School | 71% | 4.5% | 9.6% | 446 | 0.6 miles |
| Lantern Community Primary School | 54% | 4.2% | 11.3% | 448 | 0.7 miles |
| Ely St John's Community Primary School | 68% | 4.4% | 11% | 371 | 1.5 miles |
| Downham Feoffees Primary Academy | 61% | 3.9% | 13.4% | 150 | 2.4 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 37.06%
- English as an additional language
- 14.7%
- Overall absence
- 6.51%
- Persistent absence
- 20.79%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Ely St Mary's CofE Junior School0.1 miles
Primary · Ely
-
Isle of Ely Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Ely
-
Lantern Community Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Ely
-
Ely St John's Community Primary School1.5 miles
Primary · Ely
-
Downham Feoffees Primary Academy2.4 miles
Primary · Ely
Other schools in Ely
- Downham Feoffees Primary Academy Primary
- Ely St John's Community Primary School Primary
- Ely St Mary's CofE Junior School Primary
- Fordham CofE Primary School Primary
- Isle of Ely Primary School Primary
- Isleham Church of England Primary School Primary
- Lantern Community Primary School Primary
- Little Thetford CofE Primary School Primary
- Littleport Community Primary School Primary
- Mepal and Witcham Church of England Primary School Primary
- Millfield Primary School Primary
- Robert Arkenstall Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Spring Meadow Infant School teach?
- Spring Meadow Infant School teaches children aged 4 to 7. It is a primary school in Ely.
- Who is the headteacher of Spring Meadow Infant School?
- The headteacher of Spring Meadow Infant School is Mrs Laura Fielding, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Spring Meadow Infant School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Spring Meadow Infant 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 Spring Meadow Infant School?
- Spring Meadow Infant School has 143 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 7.
- Is Spring Meadow Infant School full?
- Spring Meadow Infant School has capacity for 180 pupils and 143 on roll (79%), so it has space against 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 Spring Meadow Infant School a faith school?
- No. Spring Meadow Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does Spring Meadow Infant School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Spring Meadow Infant School as having nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Spring Meadow Infant School have?
- The schools register lists Spring Meadow Infant School's special educational needs provision as: SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is Spring Meadow Infant School's absence rate?
- Spring Meadow Infant School's overall absence rate is 6.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Spring Meadow Infant School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Spring Meadow Infant School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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.