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Spring Meadow Primary School & Nursery

  • 2–11Ages
  • 354Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 152157URN

Pound Farm Drive, Dovercourt, Harwich, CO12 4LB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Feb 2024 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.7per place
0.7 below Essex median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Essex

55 applications for 33 places · 303rd of 363 in Essex
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 28 February 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

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
1.7applications per place, Reception
0.7 below Essex median (2.4) 0.5 below England median (2.2)

55 applications · 33 places offered · 33 named it first

  1. 2026 1.7; Essex median median 2.4
  2. 2025 1.5; Essex median median 2.4; as the previous school
  3. 2024 1.5; Essex median median 2.4; as the previous school
  4. 2023 1.6; Essex median median 2.4; as the previous school
  5. 2022 1.4; Essex median median 2.4; as the previous school
  6. 2021 1.9; Essex median median 2.3; as the previous school
  7. 2020 1.6; Essex median median 2.4; as the previous school
  8. 2019 1.7; Essex median median 2.5; as the previous school
  9. 2018 1.8; Essex median median 2.5; as the previous school
  10. 2017 1.8; Essex median median 2.6; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.1; Essex median median 2.8; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.6; Essex median median 2.7; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.4; Essex median median 2.8; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Essex median

Dashed bars: as Spring Meadow Primary School & School House Nursery (URN 114834), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202633551.7331.00
Sep 2025 *32481.5310.97
Sep 2024 *42621.5400.95
Sep 2023 *37601.6340.92
Sep 2022 *46661.4461.00
Sep 2021 *34631.9341.00
Sep 2020 *39641.6370.95
Sep 2019 *43741.7400.93
Sep 2018 *44771.8410.93
Sep 2017 *42771.8390.93
Sep 2016 *30642.1260.87
Sep 2015 *26672.6230.88
Sep 2014 *28682.4260.93

Schools nearby

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

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
152157 · 881/2374
Trust
Life Education Trust
Capacity
382 pupils · 354 on roll
Free school meals
54.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 November 2025
Replaced
Spring Meadow Primary School & School House Nursery (URN 114834)
Address
Pound Farm Drive, Dovercourt, Harwich, CO12 4LB
Local authority
Essex · Tendring

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