The Meadows Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Stoke-on-Trent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.612 miles
Published by Stoke-on-Trent City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Meadows Primary Academy is a primary school in Stoke-on-Trent for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 11 December 2024. Stoke-on-Trent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
The Meadows Primary Academy catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 2.612 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Its Reception 2026 last distance offered, 2.612 miles, was further than in 2025 and the 17th longest of 67 Stoke-on-Trent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 44 first-choice applications for 45 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 70% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Stoke-on-Trent.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Stoke-on-Trent schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Poplar Drive, Blurton, Stoke-on-Trent, ST3 3AZ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Pupils on roll
- 379 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 43.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 11 December 2024
Strengths
- “The Meadows Primary Academy is ‘sowing the seeds of success’.”
- “This motto is the golden thread throughout all the school’s work.”
- “The school has high ambitions for all pupils, whatever their background.”
To improve
- “However, sometimes the checks that teachers make on pupils’ learning do not identify gaps in pupils’ knowledge or enable pupils to learn more if they are ready to do so.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 January 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 70% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 44 first-preference applications, 45 offers in total, 44 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Stoke-on-Trent.
- Sutherland Primary Academy 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Paul's CofE (C) Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Heron Cross Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Gregory's Catholic Academy 0.9 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Newstead Primary Academy 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Glebe 1.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Our Lady's Catholic Academy 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ash Green Primary Academy 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published