Meadowside AcademyThe Forest School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Knaresborough.

Summary of the comparison

This page compares Meadowside Academy and The Forest School in Knaresborough.

  • Meadowside Academy was judged Good and The Forest School was judged strong.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Meadowside Academy (57.0% in 2022-23, 68.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Meadowside Academy versus The Forest School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure KnaresboroughMeadowside AcademyKnaresboroughThe Forest SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC58/100 Not scored
Local ranking116th of 282 in North Yorkshire Not ranked
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: StrongStronger figure
School typeAcademy converter Academy special converter
PhasePrimary Not reported
Age range4-11 2-16
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll205 148
Capacity210 127
LocationKnaresborough, HG5 0SL Knaresborough, HG5 0DQ
GCSE results
CohortNot reported24
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard68.0% Not reported62.0%
At higher standard19.0% Not reported8.0%
Reading average scaled score107.0 Not reported106.0
Maths average scaled score106.0 Not reported105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census205 148
Free school meals (ever 6)25.9% 45.3%
English as an additional language8.3% 6.8%
SEN support21.5% 0.0%
SEN with an EHC plan4.4% 100.0%
Attendance
Overall absence5.8% Stronger figure10.3% 6.2%
Persistent absence15.7% Stronger figure29.1% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Meadowside Academy

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