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Meadowlane Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11Council319 pupilsNurseryCardiff
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredWales doesn't publish results for primary schools, so there is nothing to score. Attendance, pupils, staffing and budget are below.
Attendance88.6%Wales 92.8%
Pupils from low-income families63%
Pupils with additional learning needs6%
Pupils on roll319
NeighbourhoodAmong the poorest areasWelsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025
Pupils per teacher20.3

Meadowlane Primary School is a council school in Cardiff for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 319 pupils. Teaching is in English.

Heol Maes Eirwg, Trowbridge, Cardiff, CF3 0JZ029 2036 0340All details

Inspection

Schools in Wales are inspected by Estyn, not Ofsted. Since September 2022 Estyn's reports describe what a school does well and what it needs to work on, without giving a grade.

Estyn's latest report, and any follow-up visits, are on Estyn's website. The only schools given a formal label are those in special measures or needing significant improvement.

Find this school's Estyn reportsMy Local School (Welsh Government)

Results

Wales stopped publishing results for individual primary schools in 2019, so there are none to show. Attendance, pupil numbers and staffing below come from the Welsh Government's My Local School.

Getting a place

There is no entrance test. The council hands out the places. Brothers and sisters of current pupils and other priority groups go first; after that, the closer you live, the better your chances.

Teaching is in English.

You apply through Cardiff council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll319
Pupils from low-income families63%Three-year average; Wales –
Pupils getting extra support6%Additional learning needs; Wales –
Pupils learning English17%First language is not English or Welsh
Black, Asian and minority ethnic pupils37%
LanguageEnglish mediumEnglish medium school / provision
NeighbourhoodAmong the poorest areasIf Wales's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 1 (Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025)
How the mix of pupils has changed
Year202520242023202220212020
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals63.1%63.7%61.7%59.0%53.8%47.7%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional learning needs (ALN)5.8%2.5%3.3%6.6%26.1%26.1%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language17.0%11.4%11.8%16.0%13.7%15.0%
Black, Asian and minority ethnic pupilsBAME pupils36.5%30.1%30.9%31.9%30.5%29.0%

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 88.6% of the time. Across primary schools in Wales it was 92.8%. Wales doesn't publish figures on pupils who miss a lot of school, or on exclusions, for individual schools.

Attendance88.6%
Wales 92.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Trend
Attendance
2019 to 2025
2019: 93.9%93.9%20192023: 88.0%88.0%20232024: 87.5%87.5%20242025: 88.6%88.6%2025
Since 2019: -5.3%

Staff and budget

From the Welsh Government's My Local School, 2025/26.

Budget per pupil£4,7662025/26, Wales £5,678
Trend
Budget per pupil (£)
2020 to 2026
2020: 4,2004,20020202021: 4,2384,23820212022: 4,2214,22120222023: 4,2824,28220232024: 4,3234,32320242025: 4,8484,84820252026: 4,7664,7662026
Since 2020: +566

The budget is the money the council gave the school to spend per pupil in 2025/26, £912 less than the Welsh average for primary schools. Small and rural schools tend to get more per pupil.

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m38612 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate123 per 1,000 people35% higher than the England average
Typical house price£269,475Cardiff
Nearest bus stop50 mMeadowlane Primary School, 9 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
St John Lloyd R.C. Primary SchoolRoman Catholic640 m337Estyn, no grade–Compare
Ysgol Pen Y PilCouncil740 m175Estyn, no grade–Compare
Willowbrook Primary SchoolCouncil740 m422Estyn, no grade–Compare
Trowbridge Primary SchoolCouncil880 m188Estyn, no grade–Compare
Oakfield Primary SchoolCouncil980 m458Estyn, no grade–Compare
Bishop Childs C.I.W. Primary SchoolChurch in Wales0.7 miles201Estyn, no grade–Compare
Pen-Y-Bryn Primary SchoolCouncil0.9 miles246Estyn, no grade–Compare
Greenway Primary SchoolCouncil1.2 miles245Estyn, no grade–Compare
Primary schools in CardiffBest primary schools in Wales

Questions parents ask

Is Meadowlane Primary School a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Meadowlane Primary School yet.

How many pupils does Meadowlane Primary School have?

319 pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

Contact and details

Address
Heol Maes Eirwg, Trowbridge, Cardiff, CF3 0JZ
Telephone
029 2036 0340
Type of school
Council school (Community school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-11, with nursery
Religious character
None
Local authority
Cardiff
Ward
Trowbridge
Constituency
Cardiff East
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
401633 · School number 6812179
Language
English medium school / provision
Official recordMy Local SchoolDownload this school's data (CSV)

Recent changes

  • PhaseCode changed from “Primary” to “Other”
  • TypeCode changed from “Community school” to “Welsh establishment”
  • Pupil numbers changed from “319” to “–”
  • Free school meals % changed from “63.1” to “–”
  • ReligiousCharacter changed from “None” to “–”

Where these figures come from