The Meadows Primary School
Calder Road, Lincoln, LN5 9BB
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr A Bell
- SEN provision
- OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability
- Constituency
- Lincoln
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 342
- URN
- 132179
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01522721708
About this school
The Meadows Primary School is a community primary school in Lincoln. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 342 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit 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 | 60 | 56 | 52 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 50% | 54% | 65% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 2% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 62% | 61% | 73% |
| Expected standard in maths | 77% | 68% | 77% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 68% | 68% | 77% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 103.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 104.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.80 | - | - |
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 The Meadows 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 | Lincolnshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 50% | 54% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 54% | 54.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 65% | 56.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 372 |
| 2023/24 | 364 |
| 2024/25 | 351 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Meadows Primary School compares
The Meadows Primary School ranked 87th of 246 primary schools in Lincolnshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 53% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 65% | 6% | 25.9% | 342 | — |
| The Lincoln Manor Leas Junior School | 56% | 4.4% | 29.2% | 270 | 0.3 miles |
| The Lincoln Manor Leas Infants School | — | 4.9% | 21% | 148 | 0.3 miles |
| Waddington Redwood Primary Academy | 45% | 4.7% | 19.8% | 278 | 0.8 miles |
| Bracebridge Infant and Nursery School | — | 5.7% | 27.4% | 85 | 1.0 miles |
| Fosse Way Academy | 60% | 5.1% | 25.5% | 531 | 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 25.93%
- English as an additional language
- 7.7%
- Overall absence
- 5.99%
- Persistent absence
- 15.36%
Location
Nearby schools
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The Lincoln Manor Leas Junior School0.3 miles
Primary · Lincoln
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The Lincoln Manor Leas Infants School0.3 miles
Primary · Lincoln
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Waddington Redwood Primary Academy0.8 miles
Primary · Lincoln
-
Bracebridge Infant and Nursery School1.0 miles
Primary · Lincoln
-
Fosse Way Academy1.0 miles
Primary · Lincoln
Other schools in Lincoln
The Meadows Primary School ranks 25th of the 63 ranked primary schools in Lincoln.
- Bardney Church of England and Methodist Primary School Primary
- Bassingham Primary School Primary
- Bracebridge Heath St John's Primary Academy Primary
- Bracebridge Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Branston Church of England Infant Academy Primary
- Branston Junior Academy Primary
- Brant Broughton Church of England and Methodist Primary School Primary
- Cherry Willingham Primary Academy Primary
- Coleby Church of England Primary Academy Primary
- Coningsby St Michael's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Digby Church of England School Primary
- Digby the Tedder Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does The Meadows Primary School teach?
- The Meadows Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Lincoln.
- Who is the headteacher of The Meadows Primary School?
- The headteacher of The Meadows Primary School is Mr A Bell, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The Meadows Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Meadows 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 The Meadows Primary School?
- The Meadows Primary School has 342 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is The Meadows Primary School full?
- The Meadows Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 342 on roll (81%), 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 The Meadows Primary School a faith school?
- No. The Meadows Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does The Meadows Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records The Meadows Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does The Meadows Primary School have?
- The schools register lists The Meadows Primary School's special educational needs provision as: OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have The Meadows Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 50% in 2022/23 and 65% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does The Meadows Primary School rank locally?
- The Meadows Primary School ranked 87th of 246 primary schools in Lincolnshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 53% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is The Meadows Primary School's absence rate?
- The Meadows Primary School's overall absence rate is 6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Meadows Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Meadows 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 30 June 2026.