The Meadows School is a school located in Spennymoor. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's quality of education and outcomes for pupils good, overall effectiveness and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 26/06/2019. The overall pupil absence from this school is 11.6%, which is 7.6 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Whitworth Lane, Spennymoor

School Information

Address: Whitworth Lane, Spennymoor, DL16 7QW
Website: https://www.themeadowsschool.info/
Telephone: 01388811178
School Type: Community special school
Education phase: Not applicable
Local authority: County Durham
Headteacher / Principal: Miss S Took
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 131905

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 26/06/2019

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity:
Number of Pupils: 63
Number of Boys: 55
Number of Girls: 8

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 11.6% 4%
Persistent absence: 39.7% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Well Below Average: -2.31 Confidence interval -3.01 to -1.61
Of the 13 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 13 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:0%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:42%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:0%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:7.8
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:0.32
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Oxclose Nursery School
Oxclose Crescent , DL16 6RU 		4out of 4 1,174 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School
Tudhoe Moor Nursery School
Tudhoe Moor , DL16 6EX 		3out of 4 2,466 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Rosa Street Primary School
Rosa Street , DL16 7NA 		2out of 4 714 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Middlestone Moor Primary School
Rock Road , DL16 7DA 		2out of 4 869 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Ox Close Primary School
Ox Close Crescent , DL16 6RU 		3out of 4 1,166 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
King Street Primary School
High Grange Road , DL16 6RA 		3out of 4 1,386 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
North Park Primary School
Bessemer Green , DL16 6PP 		2out of 4 1,972 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Whitworth Park Academy
Whitworth Lane , DL16 7LN 		1out of 4 447 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Meadows School
Whitworth Lane , DL16 7QW 		2out of 4 0 yd Community special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
The Oaks Secondary School
Rock Road , DL16 7DB 		4out of 4 919 yd Community special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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