Meadowcroft Community Primary School
Little Green Lane, Chertsey, KT16 9PT
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jacqueline Underwood
- Constituency
- Runnymede and Weybridge
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 150
- Pupils on roll
- 135
- URN
- 125065
- Local authority
- Surrey
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01932561419
About this school
Meadowcroft Community Primary School is a community primary school in Chertsey. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 135 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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 no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Trends over time
How Meadowcroft 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 88 |
| 2023/24 | 86 |
| 2024/25 | 100 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Meadowcroft Community Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 23% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 7.3% | 33% | 135 | — |
| St Paul's CofE Primary School | 58% | 6.4% | 28.4% | 409 | 0.6 miles |
| Holy Family Catholic Primary School | 79% | 3.3% | 8.7% | 218 | 0.8 miles |
| St Anne's Catholic Primary School | 73% | 3.7% | 8.6% | 435 | 0.9 miles |
| Ongar Place Primary School | 59% | 6.9% | 33% | 203 | 1.0 miles |
| Stepgates Community School | 56% | 5.2% | 17% | 278 | 1.0 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 33%
- English as an additional language
- 18%
- Overall absence
- 7.27%
- Persistent absence
- 23.53%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Paul's CofE Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Addlestone
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Holy Family Catholic Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Addlestone
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St Anne's Catholic Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Chertsey
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Ongar Place Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Addlestone
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Stepgates Community School1.0 miles
Primary · Chertsey
Other schools in Chertsey
- Lyne and Longcross CofE Aided Primary School Primary
- Ottershaw Christ Church Church of England Infant School Primary
- Ottershaw Christ Church Church of England Junior School Primary
- Pyrcroft Grange Primary School Primary
- St Anne's Catholic Primary School Primary
- Stepgates Community School Primary
- Chertsey Nursery School Nursery
- Salesian School, Chertsey Secondary
- Meath School Special schools
- White Lodge Children's Centre Other types
Common questions
- What year groups does Meadowcroft Community Primary School teach?
- Meadowcroft Community Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Chertsey.
- Who is the headteacher of Meadowcroft Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Meadowcroft Community Primary School is Mrs Jacqueline Underwood, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Meadowcroft Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Meadowcroft Community Primary 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 big is Meadowcroft Community Primary School?
- Meadowcroft Community Primary School has 135 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Meadowcroft Community Primary School full?
- Meadowcroft Community Primary School has capacity for 150 pupils and 135 on roll (90%), 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 Meadowcroft Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Meadowcroft Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Meadowcroft Community Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Meadowcroft Community Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- What is Meadowcroft Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Meadowcroft Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 7.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Meadowcroft Community Primary 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 Meadowcroft Community Primary 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 30 June 2026.