Meadow Community Primary School
Dolphin Crescent, Great Sutton, Ellesmere Port, CH66 4SZ
This school is closed (it closed in December 2024).
It was replaced by Meadow Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs S L Curtis
- Constituency
- Ellesmere Port and Bromborough
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 426
- URN
- 111235
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
About this school
Meadow Community Primary School was a community primary school in Ellesmere Port. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 426 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Meadow Community 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 | 56 | 60 | 63 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 63% | 60% | 75% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 2% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 75% | 82% | 78% |
| Expected standard in maths | 71% | 82% | 81% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 77% | 75% | 75% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 105.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 104.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.70 | - | - |
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 Community 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 | Cheshire West and Chester average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 63% | 57.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 60% | 57.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 75% | 59.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 420 |
| 2023/24 | 426 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Meadow Community Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 78% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 70% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 75% | 4.9% | 7.3% | 426 | — |
| Meadow Primary School | — | 3.9% | 4.9% | 419 | 0.0 miles |
| St Saviour's Catholic Primary and Nursery School | 71% | 5.1% | 28.3% | 213 | 0.4 miles |
| Woodlands Primary School | 49% | 5% | 16.9% | 533 | 0.4 miles |
| Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School | 62% | 5.5% | 27% | 290 | 0.6 miles |
| Brookside Primary School | 50% | 6.8% | 42.1% | 184 | 0.7 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)
- 7.3%
- English as an additional language
- 2.3%
- Overall absence
- 4.9%
- Persistent absence
- 9.5%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Meadow Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Ellesmere Port
-
St Saviour's Catholic Primary and Nursery School0.4 miles
Primary · Ellesmere Port
-
Woodlands Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Ellesmere Port
-
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Ellesmere Port
-
Brookside Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Ellesmere Port
Other schools in Ellesmere Port
- Brookside Primary School Primary
- Cambridge Road Community Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Childer Thornton Primary School Primary
- Ellesmere Port Christ Church CofE Primary School Primary
- Little Sutton C of E Primary School Primary
- Meadow Primary School Primary
- Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School Primary
- Parklands Community Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Rivacre Valley Primary School Primary
- Rossmore School Primary
- St Bernard's Roman Catholic Primary & Nursery School Primary
- St Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Meadow Community Primary School teach?
- Meadow Community Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Ellesmere Port.
- Has Meadow Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Meadow Community 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 Community Primary School?
- Meadow Community Primary School had 426 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Meadow Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 63% in 2022/23 and 75% 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 Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Meadow Community 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 December 2024.