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The Meadows Primary School

  • 5–11Ages
  • 268Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 123452URN

Harlech Road, Oswestry, SY11 2EA · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodOct 2012
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Nov 2022
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.6per place
0.5 above Shropshire median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Shropshire

88 applications for 34 places · 16th of 73 in Shropshire
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
49%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodOct 2012
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Nov 2022

Inspection history

  1. 16 November 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
  2. 3 October 2012
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.6applications per place, Reception
0.5 above Shropshire median (2.0) 0.4 above England median (2.2)

88 applications · 34 places offered · 34 named it first

  1. 2026 2.6; Shropshire median median 2.1
  2. 2025 1.9; Shropshire median median 1.9
  3. 2024 2.5; Shropshire median median 2.0
  4. 2023 2.4; Shropshire median median 2.0
  5. 2022 2.1; Shropshire median median 1.9
  6. 2021 2.1; Shropshire median median 1.6
  7. 2020 2.2; Shropshire median median 1.6
  8. 2019 2.2; Shropshire median median 1.7
  9. 2018 2.1; Shropshire median median 1.7
  10. 2017 2.2; Shropshire median median 1.7
  11. 2016 2.1; Shropshire median median 1.6
  12. 2015 2.7; Shropshire median median 1.6
  13. 2014 2.2; Shropshire median median 1.6
More applications per place than the Shropshire median in 12 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Shropshire median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202634882.6341.00
Sep 202545841.9440.98
Sep 202426662.5261.00
Sep 202339942.4391.00
Sep 202242902.1471.12
Sep 202142862.1481.14
Sep 202042922.2541.29
Sep 2019471012.2651.38
Sep 201842902.1511.21
Sep 201741912.2461.12
Sep 201642882.1511.21
Sep 2015391042.7581.49
Sep 201438822.2370.97

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 74% · Writing 72% · Maths 64% → all three 49% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard49%77th of 95 in Shropshire
Reading
Expected standard74%
Higher standard21%
Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard72%
Greater depth0%
Maths
Expected standard64%
Higher standard15%
Average scaled score 101 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Shropshire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2549%0%104101
2023/2455%3%105102
2022/2369%6%107104

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
123452 · 893/2194
Capacity
278 pupils · 268 on roll
Free school meals
15.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Harlech Road, Oswestry, SY11 2EA
Local authority
Shropshire

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources