Academy · Birmingham
The Meadows Primary School
- Primary
- Ages 5–11
Term dates
Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Birmingham council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.
2026/27
2027/28
Admissions
Places for Reception and junior school are applied for through your home council, not the school.
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How places are given: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.
How many families applied: Reception
For September 2026, 37 families put this school as their first choice, and 39 places were offered. 37 of the families who put it first got a place (100%).
Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.
Before and after school
This club is registered with Ofsted at the school's postcode, so usually run on the school site:
- Mini Meadows. Ofsted report
Ask the club or the school about times, prices and places. More clubs nearby.
Ofsted inspection
Latest graded inspection, 28 November 2023. Overall: Requires improvement It was inspected as The Meadows Primary School, before the school changed (for example, became an academy).
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.
About and location
- Type
- Academy
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Pupils
- 423 (capacity 600)
- Gender
- Mixed
- Academy trust
- EXCELSIOR MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Phone
- 01216753203
- Address
- Bristol Road South, Northfield, Birmingham, B31 2SW
- Website
- meadowsprimary.org
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.