The Meadows School
Special schoolThe Meadows School is a special school in Staffordshire Moorlands, for pupils aged 11 to 19. It had 129 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Standards maintained, March 2025
Before that: Good (overall), September 2019
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 24 September 2019
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Standards maintained, 19 March 2025
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 | Staffordshire Moorlands | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | Does not apply to this school | 45.2 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 42.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 64.4% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 26 | – | – |
- 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- Leek High SchoolSecondary. Requires improvement (overall), June 2024. Attainment 8 of 36.1 (2025/26, provisional)10 m
- Springfield SchoolSpecial. Good (overall), September 2022230 m
- Leek First SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, March 2023300 m
- Beresford Memorial CofE First SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, November 2023540 m
- Churnet View Middle SchoolSecondary. Standards maintained, December 2024. 47% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)950 m
- All Saints CofE First SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, May 20231.3 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Staffordshire Moorlands
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).