Special school · Sandwell
The Meadows School
- Special
- Ages 11–19
- Sixth form
- Term dates set by the council
Term dates
Sandwell council sets the term dates for this school. See all Sandwell dates, taken from the council's own page.
2026/27
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Admissions
Places at special schools are usually arranged through an education, health and care (EHC) plan, agreed with the council.
Ofsted inspection
Report card, 3 February 2026. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Sixth form
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
Safeguarding standards: met.
Previous inspection, 12 July 2023. Overall: 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
- Special school
- Phase
- Special
- Ages
- 11–19
- Pupils
- 262 (capacity 215)
- Gender
- Mixed
- Phone
- 01215697080
- Address
- The Meadows School, Dudley Road East, Sandwell, Oldbury, B69 3BU
- Website
- themeadows.sandwell.sch.uk
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.