The Meadows School
Springfield Road, Leek, ST13 6EU
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- MANOR HALL ACADEMY TRUST
- Executive Headteacher
- Dr Kathryn Taylor
- Sponsor
- Manor Hall Academy Trust
- SEN provision
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 120
- Pupils on roll
- 129
- URN
- 143346
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01538225060
About this school
The Meadows School is a special academy in Leek. It teaches children aged 11 to 19 and has 129 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected The Meadows School, and its latest judgement is set out 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
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
A short monitoring inspection followed on : inspectors found that standards have been maintained.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 9 | 21 | 18 |
| 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 The Meadows 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 | 7.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 127 |
| 2023/24 | 130 |
| 2024/25 | 129 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
-
Ungraded inspection report19 March 2025
- 24 September 2019
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 44.57%
- English as an additional language
- 5.4%
- Overall absence
- 8.61%
- Persistent absence
- 21.28%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Springfield School0.1 miles
Academies · Leek
-
Hopedale School2.6 miles
Special schools · Cheddleton
-
Horton Lodge Community Special School3.1 miles
Special schools · Leek
-
Evergreen4.3 miles
Independent schools · Staffordshire
-
Cicely Haughton School4.5 miles
Academies · Stoke-on-Trent
Other schools in Leek
- Horton Lodge Community Special School Special schools
- Springfield School Academies
- All Saints CofE First School Primary
- Beresford Memorial CofE First School Primary
- Blackshaw Moor CofE First School Primary
- Horton St Michael's CofE First School Primary
- St Edward's CofE Academy Cheddleton Primary
- St Mary's Catholic Academy Primary
- Westwood First School Primary
- Woodcroft Academy Primary
- Churnet View Middle School Middle deemed secondary
- St Edward's Church of England Academy Middle deemed secondary
Common questions
- What ages does The Meadows School teach?
- The Meadows School teaches children aged 11 to 19. It is a special school in Leek.
- Who is the executive headteacher of The Meadows School?
- The executive headteacher of The Meadows School is Dr Kathryn Taylor, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has The Meadows School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Meadows 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 many pupils are at The Meadows School?
- The Meadows School has 129 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- Is The Meadows School full?
- The Meadows School has capacity for 120 pupils and 129 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 The Meadows School a faith school?
- No. The Meadows School has no designated religious character.
- Is The Meadows School part of an academy trust?
- The Meadows School is part of MANOR HALL ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does The Meadows School have?
- The schools register lists The Meadows School's special educational needs provision as: MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is The Meadows School's absence rate?
- The Meadows School's overall absence rate is 8.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Meadows School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Meadows 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 2 July 2026.