Academy converter · Warrington

Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School

2–11Ages
255Pupils
PrimaryPhase
147636URN

Clough Avenue, Longford, Warrington, WA2 9PH · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodNov 2015

School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Apr 2023

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.8per place

0.3 below Warrington median (2.1)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Warrington

44 applications for 24 places · 40th of 56 in Warrington

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

26%met the expected standard

Warrington 70% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodNov 2015

School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Apr 2023

Inspection history

19 April 2023
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
3 November 2015
Graded inspection: Good · as Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School, URN 110973

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

1.8applications per place, Reception

0.3 below Warrington median (2.1) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

44 applications · 24 places offered · 23 named it first

2026 1.8; Warrington median median 2.1
2025 2.0; Warrington median median 2.1
2024 1.9; Warrington median median 2.0
2023 2.0; Warrington median median 1.9
2022 1.7; Warrington median median 2.0
2021 1.5; Warrington median median 2.0
2020 1.5; Warrington median median 2.1
2019 1.4; Warrington median median 2.0; as the previous school
2018 1.8; Warrington median median 2.1; as the previous school
2017 1.4; Warrington median median 2.3; as the previous school
2016 1.8; Warrington median median 2.2; as the previous school
2015 1.6; Warrington median median 2.3; as the previous school
2014 1.9; Warrington median median 2.3; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Warrington median in 1 of 7 years.

This school
Warrington median

Dashed bars: as Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School (URN 110973), the previous school.

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.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	24	44	1.8	23	0.96
Sep 2025	23	45	2.0	23	1.00
Sep 2024	29	56	1.9	30	1.03
Sep 2023	30	59	2.0	30	1.00
Sep 2022	28	48	1.7	31	1.11
Sep 2021	25	38	1.5	24	0.96
Sep 2020	30	46	1.5	32	1.07
Sep 2019 *	30	41	1.4	20	0.67
Sep 2018 *	30	53	1.8	29	0.97
Sep 2017 *	30	41	1.4	26	0.87
Sep 2016 *	29	53	1.8	27	0.93
Sep 2015 *	30	48	1.6	30	1.00
Sep 2014 *	30	57	1.9	36	1.20

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 58% · Writing 29% · Maths 55% → all three 26% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard26%57th of 57 in Warrington

Warrington 70% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard58%

Warrington 85% England 78%

Higher standard10%

Warrington 38% England 33%

Average scaled score 100 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard29%

Warrington 77% England 75%

Greater depth0%

Warrington 12% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard55%

Warrington 83% England 77%

Higher standard10%

Warrington 30% England 24%

Average scaled score 100 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Warrington median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	26%	0%	100	100
2023/24	47%	0%	101	103
2022/23	36%	0%	101	101

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

Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery SchoolThis school
This school

Remains Good2023

1.8applications per place 26%met the SATs standard
St Stephen's Catholic Primary School
0.3 km · Warrington

Good2023

1.9applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
St Margaret's Church of England Primary School
0.5 km · Warrington

Remains Good2023

1.9applications per place
St Andrew's CofE Primary School
0.6 km · Warrington

Good2023
Warrington St Ann's Church of England Primary Academy
0.9 km · Warrington

Good2024
Dallam Community Primary School
1.2 km · Warrington

Good2023

1.4applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
Beamont Primary School
1.3 km · Warrington

Good2022

2.2applications per place 78%met the SATs standard
Brook Acre Community Primary School
1.4 km · Warrington

Remains Good2022

2.0applications per place 54%met the SATs standard
St Benedict's Catholic Primary School
1.5 km · Warrington

Remains Good2022

2.5applications per place 66%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 147636 · 877/2016
Trust: The Challenge Academy Trust
Capacity: 315 pupils · 255 on roll
Free school meals: 61.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision: SEN unit
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 December 2019
Replaced: Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School (URN 110973)
Address: Clough Avenue, Longford, Warrington, WA2 9PH
Local authority: Warrington

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