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Meadow View Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedAcademy225 pupilsNursery Free breakfast clubRotherham
School Chooser Score
20
Below
similar schools
Likely range 9 to 41
Out of 100. Better than 23% of the 50 schools most like it. Much the same over the last five years.
OfstedNo overall gradeLast Ofsted inspection, October 2024
Reached the expected level at 1139%England 63%
Attendance94.8%England 94.8%
Pupils from low-income families47%Far more than most schools
Places95 spare225 pupils, 320 places
Pupils per teacher17.4School workforce census

Meadow View Primary School is a converter academy in Rotherham for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 225 pupils and room for 320. About 46 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. We give it 20 out of 100. That puts it below schools like it, ahead of 23% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted's last grade was inspected 2024, no overall grade.

Meadowhall Road, Kimberworth, Rotherham, S61 2JD01709 740500meadowviewprimary.co.ukMrs Jenni Logan headteacherAll details

What Ofsted found

Ofsted's last full inspection was on 1 October 2024, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.

Not judged Between September 2024 and November 2025, Ofsted graded each area but stopped giving one overall word.

TeachingOfsted calls this “quality of education”
Good
BehaviourOfsted calls this “behaviour and attitudes”
Good
WellbeingOfsted calls this “personal development”
Good
LeadershipOfsted calls this “leadership and management”
Good
Early years
Good
Safeguarding
Effective
Yes

Results

Year 6 results (SATs), summer 2025

23 children took the tests. Here is how they did against every state primary in England.

Reached the expected level at 1139%
England 63%
Official name: Expected standard in reading, writing and maths
Working above the expected level0%
England 8%
Official name: Higher standard in reading, writing and maths
Reading score101.0
England 105.6
Official name: Reading average scaled score
Maths score101.0
England 104.6
Official name: Maths average scaled score
Trend
Reached the expected level at 11
2017 to 2025
2017: 53%53%20172018: 37%37%20182019: 48%48%20192023: 36%36%20232024: 70%70%20242025: 39%39%2025
Since 2017: -14%Steady overall
All Year 6 measures, year by year
Measure2025202420232019†2018†2017†RotherhamEngland
Pupils tested232733293034
Reached the expected level at 11Expected standard in reading, writing and maths39%70%36%48%37%53%60%63%
Working above the expected levelHigher standard in reading, writing and maths0%0%0%3%3%0%6%8%
Reading scoreReading average scaled score101.0104.0100.0101.0100.0102.0104.2105.6
Maths scoreMaths average scaled score101.0104.0100.0100.099.0103.0103.6104.6
Grammar and spelling scoreGPS average scaled score99.0103.0100.0101.0100.0105.0103.9105.2
Expected level: readingReading expected standard57%78%48%55%53%62%
Expected level: mathsMaths expected standard61%70%55%62%43%79%
Expected level: writingWriting expected standard (teacher assessed)61%81%58%66%73%71%
Reading progressReading progress score-3.3-2.8-1.1+2.3
Maths progressMaths progress score-2.2-3.3-1.2+2.0
Expected level: low-income pupilsExpected standard, disadvantaged27%45%27%18%36%35%
Expected level: other pupilsExpected standard, non-disadvantaged63%88%41%67%38%71%

There are no progress figures for 2025. That year group missed their Year 2 tests during Covid, so there was no starting point to measure from. Progress figures come back with the December 2026 results. Tests were cancelled altogether in 2020 and 2021.

† These results are for Meadow View Primary School, the school this one replaced in February 2022. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.

Does every child do well here?

A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. 1 of the 3 gaps is smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.

At the end of primary school, 2025

Reached the expected level at 11Low-income pupils vs other pupils
27%63%
Gap 36 ptsEngland 21 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Boys vs girls
46%30%
Gap 16 ptsEngland 5 pts
Reached the higher level at 11Low-income pupils vs all pupils
0%0%
No gapEngland 5 pts
First groupSecond groupEngland, each group

Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.

Getting a place

Admissions policy not published.

Plenty of spare places203 pupils for 300 places, 2024/25
68% full

97 places were empty (32% of the total), so almost everyone who applies gets in. Pupil numbers have grown by 22% since 2021/22.

Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Rotherham council's admissions booklet, send it to us.

Who goes here

Who a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.

Pupils on roll225Census January 2026
Places32070% full
Pupils from low-income families44%47% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English35%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support35%78 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan4%10 pupils with a plan
Average class size28.18 classes, January 2026; England 25.4
Classes with more than 30 pupils38%Infant classes are capped at 30 by law; England 10%
Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)46%£142,600 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%
Boys and girls101 / 124
White British pupils59%

Infant classes (Reception to Year 2) average 23.3 pupils (England 25.5); junior classes (Years 3 to 6) average 33.3 (England 27.3).

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: Moderate learning difficulty (28), language and communications needs (25), Autistic spectrum disorder (18), emotional and mental health (13), Physical disability (2), Specific learning difficulty (2).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census2026202520242023
Pupils on roll225220222203
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals44%42%43%34%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language35%29%30%23%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support31%34%38%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans3%2%4%

Attendance and behaviour

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 94.8% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.

Attendance94.8%
England 94.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Pupils missing a lot of school14.9%
England 12.8%
Official name: Persistent absence
Suspensions per 100 pupils0.02024/25, no permanent exclusions
Missed without permission2.2%of school time, 2024/25
Attendance year by year
Measure2024/252023/242022/232021/22†2020/21†2018/19†England
Sessions missedOverall absence5.2%6.5%5.4%7.0%3.6%4.3%5.2%
Missed with permissionAuthorised absence3.0%2.9%2.9%4.8%1.9%2.4%
Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence2.2%3.6%2.4%2.2%1.7%1.8%
Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence14.9%17.5%13.8%18.9%8.1%7.9%12.8%
SuspensionsSuspension rate0.00.00.00.5
Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions0001

† These attendance figures are for Meadow View Primary School, the school this one replaced in February 2022. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.

Staff and money

From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.

Teachers12.6full-time equivalent, 13 people
Pupils per teacher17.4Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers100%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants12.4full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£48,712
Teachers who left in the year0%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0
Sick days per teacher0.92024/25

Money

From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.

Spend per pupil£8,178England £7,128. Total £1.7m
Income per pupil£9,174England £7,587. Total £2.0m
Spent on teachers per pupil£3,099England £3,405
Money in reserve10%A healthy amount put by: £199k, £934 per pupil. England 9%
Money in against money out+£212kit took in more than it spent this year
Where the money goes£8,178spent per pupil

Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m37712 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate93 per 1,000 peopleabout the England average
Typical house price£190,000Rotherham
Nearest bus stop80 mRichmond Park Avenue/Meadowhall Road, 18 stops within 500 m

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Kimberworth Community Primary SchoolCouncil610 m246Good 202455Compare
St Bede's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy880 m347No overall grade 202471Compare
Ferham Primary SchoolAcademy0.9 miles228No overall grade 20252Compare
Blackburn Primary SchoolCouncil0.9 miles143Good 202225Compare
Redscope Primary SchoolAcademy1.0 miles417Good 202350Compare
Thornhill Primary SchoolCouncil1.1 miles316Good 202263Compare
Tinsley Meadows Primary SchoolAcademy1.2 miles650Good 202313Compare
Roughwood Primary SchoolAcademy1.2 miles262Good 202264Compare

Compared with schools like it

Our score compares Meadow View Primary School with the 48 schools in England whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 48 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.

Beats23%of schools with a similar mix of pupils
In the bottom quarter of its group. Its score of 20 is 20 points below the typical school in the group.
0Lowest of the group 2 · middle 41 · highest 98100

Nearby schools with a similar mix of pupils that score higher

Of those 48 schools, these are within 25 km and score at least five points more than Meadow View Primary School, nearest first. A school with the same kind of pupils and a higher score is the fairest sign that it gets more out of them.

SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Oakwell Rise Primary AcademyAcademy8.7 miles236Report card 202683Compare

How the score was worked out

The score is out of 100. A 20 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 20% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 9 to 41. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.

What we looked atHow much it countsAgainst schools like itEffect on the scoreBased on
Results over three years25%below
-0.18
2025, 2024 and 2023 results; 23 pupils
Ofsted inspection20%in line
+0.01
Ofsted grade, 1.9 years old
Progress pupils make20%below
-0.17
DfE progress measure; 23 pupils
Direction of travel over five years10%above
+0.04
results and attendance rising year on year
Attendance and behaviour10%in line
-0.02
2024/25; 202 pupils
Results, allowing for the mix of pupils10%below
-0.09
Attainment relative to schools with a similar intake; 23 pupils
What parents say0%no data

Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.

Questions parents ask

Is Meadow View Primary School a good school?

The figures are weak. Meadow View Primary School scores 20 out of 100. That is below schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 23% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 9 to 41, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much.

What is Meadow View Primary School's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted rated Meadow View Primary School not judged at its last full inspection on 1 October 2024.

How good are Meadow View Primary School's SATs results?

In summer 2025, 39% of Year 6 children reached the expected level in reading, writing and maths. Across England it was 63%. 0% went further and reached the higher level.

How many pupils does Meadow View Primary School have?

225 pupils aged 3 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 320 places, so it is 70% full.

Is Meadow View Primary School oversubscribed?

Probably not. 97 places were empty in 2024/25 (32% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.

What is attendance like at Meadow View Primary School?

Pupils were in school 94.8% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 15% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.

How big are the classes at Meadow View Primary School?

The average class had 28.1 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. 38% of classes had more than 30 pupils.

Does Meadow View Primary School have a breakfast club?

Yes. It is on the government's free breakfast club programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Meadowhall Road, Kimberworth, Rotherham, S61 2JD
Telephone
01709 740500
Website
www.meadowviewprimary.co.uk
Headteacher
Mrs Jenni Logan
Free breakfast club
Yes: on the government's programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school (listed since September 2026).
Type of school
Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-11, with nursery
Gender
Mixed
Multi-academy trust
James Montgomery Academy Trust (20 schools)
Local authority
Rotherham
Ward
Rotherham West
Constituency
Rotherham
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
1 February 2022 (academy converter)
URN
147920 · LAESTAB 3722023 · UKPRN 10086876
Formerly
Meadow View Primary School

Where these figures come from