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The Meadows School

URN
132231
Phase
Not applicable
Status
Open

School overview

School name
The Meadows School
URN
132231
Phase
Not applicable
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-19
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Strong

80 / 100

Strong

Based on official data for academic year 2022/23.

Academic Outcomes

—

Inspection

78

Admissions Value

—

Destinations

73

Stability & Context

90

School Compass rankings

School rankings are not currently available.

School Compass recommendation

Consider

This school has a mixed profile and may warrant further investigation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Target school
  • Admissions pressure: Competition not available
  • Admissions risk: Moderate risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Higher Risk
  • National comparison: Higher crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Question 2

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Ofsted inspections

Report card (from November 2025)

From November 2025, Ofsted no longer gives a single overall grade. Schools receive grades across several areas on a report card.

Latest publication date
19 April 2026
Inspection date
3 February 2026
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingMet

Inspection outcomes

  • Safeguarding

    Met

    Graded 3 February 2026

  • Inclusion

    Expected standard

    Graded 3 February 2026

  • Curriculum and teaching

Admissions

Admissions information is not currently available for this school.

Where to apply

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Local authority
Sandwell
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a primary school place (Sandwell)
School website
www.themeadows.sandwell.sch.uk

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Sandwell to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

Not published

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

Not published

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

Not published

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

Not published

EBacc achievement

Location

B69 3BU - The Meadows School, Dudley Road East, Sandwell, Oldbury, West Midlands

Contact details

Address
The Meadows School, Dudley Road East, Sandwell, Oldbury, West Midlands
Postcode
B69 3BU
Phone
1215697080
Website
www.themeadows.sandwell.sch.uk
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Sandwell
Local authority code
333

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 271 schools in Sandwell.

Authority statistics

Total schools

271

Open schools

135

Closed schools

136

Primary schools

177

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Expected standard

    Graded 3 February 2026

  • Achievement

    Expected standard

    Graded 3 February 2026

  • Attendance and behaviour

    Expected standard

    Graded 3 February 2026

  • Personal development and wellbeing

    Expected standard

    Graded 3 February 2026

  • Leadership and governance

    Expected standard

    Graded 3 February 2026

  • Post-16

    Expected standard
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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 2 inspections on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    19 April 20263 February 2026S5 InspectionReport cardView report for inspection published 19 April 2026
    20 September 202312 July 2023S5 InspectionRequires improvementView report for inspection published 20 September 2023
    • Report card

      Published
      19 April 2026
      Inspected
      3 February 2026
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report
    • Requires improvement

      Published
      20 September 2023
      Inspected
      12 July 2023
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    EBacc achievement

    Not published

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    100.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    0.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    0.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    0.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    47

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary177 (66.0%)
    • Secondary47 (17.5%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other44 (16.4%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Blakeley School0 mNot applicableClosed
    Tividale Community Arts College703 mSecondaryClosed
    Ormiston Sandwell Community Academy703 mSecondaryOpen
    Rounds Green Primary School936 mPrimaryOpen
    Rounds Green Junior School936 mPrimaryClosed
    Rounds Green Infant School936 mPrimaryClosed
    Rounds Green Primary School936 mPrimaryClosed
    Newtown Primary School1.0 kmPrimaryOpen
    Newtown Primary School1.0 kmPrimaryClosed
    Tividale Community Primary School1.2 kmPrimaryClosed
    • Blakeley School
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Closed
    • Tividale Community Arts College
      Distance
      703 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Ormiston Sandwell Community Academy
      Distance
      703 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Open
    • Rounds Green Primary School
      Distance
      936 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Not applicable) and local authority (Sandwell)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Al Khair Primary SchoolNot applicableB68 8LROpen
    Albert Bradford SchoolNot applicableB66 1QNClosed
    Albright Education CentreNot applicableDY4 7NROpen
    Arden SchoolNot applicableB67 6ALClosed
    Aspire AP School 2Not applicableB66 3NDOpen
    • Al Khair Primary School
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Postcode
      B68 8LR
      Status
      Open
    • Albert Bradford School
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Postcode
      B66 1QN
      Status
      Closed
    • Albright Education Centre
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Postcode
      DY4 7NR
      Status
      Open
    • Arden School
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Postcode
      B67 6AL
      Status
      Closed
    • Aspire AP School 2
    Rounds Green Junior School
    Distance
    936 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Rounds Green Infant School
    Distance
    936 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Rounds Green Primary School
    Distance
    936 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Newtown Primary School
    Distance
    1.0 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Newtown Primary School
    Distance
    1.0 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Tividale Community Primary School
    Distance
    1.2 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Phase
    Not applicable
    Postcode
    B66 3ND
    Status
    Open