Spring Meadow Primary School & School House Nursery
Pound Farm Drive, Dovercourt, Harwich, CO12 4LB
This school is closed (it closed in October 2025).
It was replaced by Spring Meadow Primary School & Nursery. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Nicky Patrick
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Harwich and North Essex
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 382
- Pupils on roll
- 389
- URN
- 114834
- Local authority
- Essex
About this school
Spring Meadow Primary School & School House Nursery was a community primary school in Harwich. It taught children aged 2 to 11 and had 389 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Spring Meadow Primary School & School House Nursery 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 | 42 | 48 | 50 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 52% | 50% | 52% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 6% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 67% | 73% | 64% |
| Expected standard in maths | 74% | 71% | 80% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 81% | 71% | 64% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 104.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.20 | - | - |
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 Spring Meadow Primary School & School House Nursery has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Essex average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 52% | 58.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 50% | 59.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 52% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 394 |
| 2023/24 | 385 |
| 2024/25 | 389 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Spring Meadow Primary School & School House Nursery compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 24% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 18% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 52% | 7.9% | 60.5% | 389 | — |
| Spring Meadow Primary School & Nursery | — | — | — | 354 | 0.0 miles |
| All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Dovercourt | 67% | 5.4% | 33.3% | 194 | 0.1 miles |
| The Mayflower Primary School | 48% | 7.5% | 47.8% | 356 | 0.6 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | 53% | 4.6% | 15.2% | 114 | 0.6 miles |
| Chase Lane Primary School and Nursery | 64% | 7.5% | 29.9% | 445 | 0.6 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)
- 60.54%
- English as an additional language
- 3.1%
- Overall absence
- 7.87%
- Persistent absence
- 26.35%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Spring Meadow Primary School & Nursery0.0 miles
Primary · Harwich
-
All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Dovercourt0.1 miles
Primary · Harwich
-
The Mayflower Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Harwich
- 0.6 miles
-
Chase Lane Primary School and Nursery0.6 miles
Primary · Harwich
Other schools in Harwich
- All Saints Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Great Oakley Primary
- All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Dovercourt Primary
- Chase Lane Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Harwich Community Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Spring Meadow Primary School & Nursery Primary
- St Michael's CofE Primary Academy, Ramsey Primary
- The Mayflower Primary School Primary
- Harwich and Dovercourt High School Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Spring Meadow Primary School & School House Nursery teach?
- Spring Meadow Primary School & School House Nursery taught children aged 2 to 11. It was a primary school in Harwich.
- Has Spring Meadow Primary School & School House Nursery been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Spring Meadow Primary School & School House Nursery 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 many pupils are at Spring Meadow Primary School & School House Nursery?
- Spring Meadow Primary School & School House Nursery had 389 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- How have Spring Meadow Primary School & School House Nursery's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 52% 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 Spring Meadow Primary School & School House Nursery's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Spring Meadow Primary School & School House Nursery'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 2025.