Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School
Clough Avenue, Longford, Warrington, WA2 9PH
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE CHALLENGE ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Claire Curtis
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- The Challenge Academy Trust
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, VI - Visual Impairment, HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Warrington North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 315
- Pupils on roll
- 255
- URN
- 147636
- Local authority
- Warrington
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01925632705
About this school
Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School is a primary academy in Warrington. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 255 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
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 19 April 2023, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 33 | 32 | 31 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 36% | 47% | 26% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 52% | 56% | 58% |
| Expected standard in maths | 64% | 75% | 55% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 61% | 66% | 58% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 101.0 | 100.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 103.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | 0.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.50 | - | - |
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 Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery 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 | Warrington average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 36% | 66% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 47% | 65% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 26% | 66.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 282 |
| 2023/24 | 275 |
| 2024/25 | 265 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School compares
Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School ranked 57th of 57 primary schools in Warrington for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 6% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 26% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 26% | 6.9% | 64.3% | 255 | — |
| St Stephen's Catholic Primary School | 70% | 6.3% | 39.7% | 199 | 0.2 miles |
| St Margaret's Church of England Primary School | — | — | — | 460 | 0.3 miles |
| St Andrew's CofE Primary School | — | — | — | — | 0.4 miles |
| Warrington St Ann's Church of England Primary Academy | — | — | — | — | 0.6 miles |
| Dallam Community Primary School | 68% | 6.6% | 60.2% | 265 | 0.8 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)
- 64.29%
- English as an additional language
- 17%
- Overall absence
- 6.92%
- Persistent absence
- 17.26%
Location
Nearby schools
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St Stephen's Catholic Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Warrington
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St Margaret's Church of England Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Warrington
-
St Andrew's CofE Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Warrington
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Warrington St Ann's Church of England Primary Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Warrington
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Dallam Community Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Warrington
Other schools in Warrington
Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School ranks 65th of the 65 ranked primary schools in Warrington.
- Alderman Bolton Primary School Primary
- All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan Primary
- Appleton Thorn Primary School Primary
- Barrow Hall Community Primary School Primary
- Beamont Primary School Primary
- Bewsey Lodge Academy Primary
- Birchwood CofE Primary School Primary
- Bradshaw Primary School Primary
- Brook Acre Community Primary School Primary
- Broomfields Junior School Primary
- Bruche Academy Primary
- Burtonwood Community Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School teach?
- Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Warrington.
- Who is the headteacher of Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School?
- The headteacher of Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School is Mrs Claire Curtis, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery 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 Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School?
- Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School has 255 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School full?
- Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School has capacity for 315 pupils and 255 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 Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School a faith school?
- No. Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School has no designated religious character.
- Does Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School?
- Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School is part of THE CHALLENGE 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 Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School have?
- The schools register lists Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School's special educational needs provision as: SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; VI - Visual Impairment; HI - Hearing Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health; MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 36% in 2022/23 and 26% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School rank locally?
- Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School ranked 57th of 57 primary schools in Warrington for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 6% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 26% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School's absence rate?
- Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School's overall absence rate is 6.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery 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 10 July 2026.