Meadowside Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
C58
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Knaresborough, HG5 0SL
- Distance
- 0.5km away
The Forest School
Park Lane, Knaresborough, HG5 0DQ
Ofsted: Strong
Independent
Phase
127
Capacity
2-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 23 April 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Cohort Size
- 24
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 94.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 148
- Boys
- 98 (66%)
- Girls
- 50 (34%)
- Capacity
- 127 (117% full)
- SEND
- 100.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 45.3%
- EAL
- 6.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 100.0%
- SEN Support
- 0.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 8.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 16.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £23,242/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 29.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy special converter
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Not applicable
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 86.4%
- White Other: 5.4%
- Mixed White & Black African: 3.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.4%
- Mixed Other: 1.4%
- Asian Pakistani: 0.7%
- Asian Other: 0.7%
- Black Other: 0.7%
86.4%
White British
5.4%
White Other
3.4%
Mixed White & Black African
Historical Trends
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Park Lane
Knaresborough, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 147819
- UKPRN
- 10085845
- Establishment No.
- 7022
- Trust
- WELLSPRING ACADEMY TRUST
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