The Meadows School
Special schoolThe Meadows School is a special school in Sandwell, for pupils aged 11 to 19. It had 262 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 3 February 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Not applicable
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationEnd of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Sandwell | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | Does not apply to this school | 42.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 35.5% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 55.8% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 33 | – | – |
- The Meadows School teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Ormiston Sandwell Community AcademySecondary. School remains Good, October 2023. Attainment 8 of 44.7 (2025/26, provisional)700 m
- Rounds Green Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade. 51% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)940 m
- Newtown Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), July 2024. 48% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1 km
- Tividale Community Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), October 2023. 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- Christ Church Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade, before the school changed, special measures1.3 km
- Grace Mary Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, November 2024. 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Sandwell
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).