The Meadows Montessori School
32 Larchcroft Road, Ipswich, IP1 6AR
This school is closed (it closed in December 2025).
- Phase
- Independent schools
- School type
- Other independent school
- Ages
- 3 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Mrs Samantha Sims
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 100
- Pupils on roll
- 68
- URN
- 135689
- Local authority
- Suffolk
About this school
The Meadows Montessori School was an independent school in Ipswich. It taught children aged 3 to 16 and had 68 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
The Meadows Montessori School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2008, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 8 |
| Attainment 8 score | 41.1 |
| Progress 8 score | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 62.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 62.5% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.9 |
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 The Meadows Montessori 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 |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 67 |
| 2023/24 | 70 |
| 2024/25 | 68 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- Pupils with an EHC plan
- 3
- Pupils on SEN support
- 36
Location
Nearby schools
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Thomas Wolsey Ormiston Academy0.8 miles
Academies · Ipswich
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Ipswich School0.9 miles
Independent schools · Ipswich
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Westbridge Academy1.1 miles
Academies · Ipswich
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Woodbridge Road Academy1.6 miles
Free Schools · Ipswich
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Learning Support, Southern Area Education Office1.6 miles
Other types · Ipswich
Other schools in Ipswich
- Ipswich School Independent schools
- Old Buckenham Hall School Independent schools
- Orwell Park School Independent schools
- Royal Hospital School Independent schools
- St Joseph's College Independent schools
- Highfield Nursery School Nursery
- Bentley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Bildeston Primary School Primary
- Birchwood Primary School Primary
- Bosmere Community Primary School Primary
- Bramford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Britannia Primary School and Nursery Primary
Common questions
- What ages does The Meadows Montessori School teach?
- The Meadows Montessori School taught children aged 3 to 16. It was an independent school in Ipswich.
- Has The Meadows Montessori School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected The Meadows Montessori School 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 The Meadows Montessori School?
- The Meadows Montessori School had 68 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 16.
- What are The Meadows Montessori School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Meadows Montessori 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 29 December 2025.