High Meadow Community School
High Meadow Community School, Norton Road, Coleshill, B46 1ES
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Melanie Brown
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- North Warwickshire and Bedworth
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 196
- URN
- 125584
- Local authority
- Warwickshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01675462312
About this school
High Meadow Community School is a community primary school in Coleshill. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 196 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
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
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 30 | 28 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 67% | 86% | 47% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 11% | 10% |
| Expected standard in reading | 87% | 93% | 67% |
| Expected standard in maths | 77% | 89% | 63% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 93% | 96% | 73% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 109.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 107.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.30 | - | - |
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 High Meadow Community 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 | Warwickshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 67% | 58.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 86% | 58.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 47% | 59.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 207 |
| 2023/24 | 198 |
| 2024/25 | 197 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How High Meadow Community School compares
High Meadow Community School ranked 137th of 162 primary schools in Warwickshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 18% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 49% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 47% | 5.4% | 14.2% | 196 | — |
| Coleshill Church of England Primary School | 75% | 5.7% | 23.5% | 336 | 0.9 miles |
| St Edward's Catholic Primary School | 87% | 5.3% | 18.4% | 234 | 1.0 miles |
| Water Orton Primary School | 40% | 6.7% | 18% | 299 | 1.4 miles |
| St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School | 57% | 6.4% | 50% | 200 | 1.4 miles |
| Smith's Wood Primary Academy | 82% | 5.2% | 53.1% | 445 | 1.6 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)
- 14.21%
- English as an additional language
- 3.6%
- Overall absence
- 5.44%
- Persistent absence
- 7.65%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Coleshill Church of England Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
St Edward's Catholic Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
Water Orton Primary School1.4 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School1.4 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
Smith's Wood Primary Academy1.6 miles
Primary · Birmingham
Common questions
- What year groups does High Meadow Community School teach?
- High Meadow Community School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Coleshill.
- Who is the headteacher of High Meadow Community School?
- The headteacher of High Meadow Community School is Mrs Melanie Brown, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was High Meadow Community School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected High Meadow Community 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 High Meadow Community School?
- High Meadow Community School has 196 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is High Meadow Community School full?
- High Meadow Community School has capacity for 210 pupils and 196 on roll (93%), 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 High Meadow Community School a faith school?
- No. High Meadow Community School has no designated religious character.
- Does High Meadow Community School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records High Meadow Community School as having nursery classes.
- How have High Meadow Community School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 67% in 2022/23 and 47% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does High Meadow Community School rank locally?
- High Meadow Community School ranked 137th of 162 primary schools in Warwickshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 18% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 49% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is High Meadow Community School's absence rate?
- High Meadow Community School's overall absence rate is 5.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are High Meadow Community School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, High Meadow Community 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 30 June 2026.