Meadowfield School
Swanstree Avenue, Sittingbourne, ME10 4NL
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Foundation special school
- Ages
- 4 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Principal
- Ms Angela Howe
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, PD - Physical Disability, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Sittingbourne and Sheppey
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 366
- Pupils on roll
- 396
- URN
- 134783
- Local authority
- Kent
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01795477788
About this school
Meadowfield School is a foundation special school in Sittingbourne. It teaches children aged 4 to 19 and has 396 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
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Good
- Sixth form
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 24 | 29 | 37 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - | 94.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 97.0 | - | 87.0 |
| Reading progress | -11.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -12.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -10.80 | - | - |
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.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 27 | 20 | 27 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Meadowfield 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 | Kent average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0% | 58.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 60.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 60.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 12% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 13.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 410 |
| 2023/24 | 408 |
| 2024/25 | 400 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 49.43%
- English as an additional language
- 4.3%
- Overall absence
- 13.48%
- Persistent absence
- 42.22%
Location
Nearby schools
-
VTC Independent School0.6 miles
Independent schools · Sittingbourne
-
KITE College0.9 miles
Other types · Sittingbourne
-
ALP Sittingbourne1.0 miles
Special schools · Sittingbourne
-
Aspire School2.1 miles
Free Schools · Sittingbourne
-
ISP School2.4 miles
Special schools · Kent
Other schools in Sittingbourne
- ALP Sittingbourne Special schools
- Aspire School Free Schools
- KITE College Other types
- Yew Tree Farm School Special schools
- Bapchild and Tonge Church of England Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Bobbing Village School Primary
- Borden Church of England Primary School Primary
- Bredgar Church of England Primary School Primary
- Canterbury Road Primary School Primary
- Grove Park Primary School Primary
- Hartlip Endowed Church of England Primary School Primary
- Holywell Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Meadowfield School teach?
- Meadowfield School teaches children aged 4 to 19. It is a special school in Sittingbourne.
- Who is the principal of Meadowfield School?
- The principal of Meadowfield School is Ms Angela Howe, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Meadowfield School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Meadowfield 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 Meadowfield School?
- Meadowfield School has 396 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 19.
- Is Meadowfield School full?
- Meadowfield School has capacity for 366 pupils and 396 on roll (108%), so it is at or above 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 Meadowfield School a faith school?
- No. Meadowfield School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Meadowfield School have?
- The schools register lists Meadowfield School's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; PD - Physical Disability; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Meadowfield School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Meadowfield School's absence rate?
- Meadowfield School's overall absence rate is 13.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Meadowfield School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Meadowfield 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 3 July 2026.