Primary school in Birmingham
The Meadows Primary School
Bristol Road South, Northfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, B31 2SW
Ofsted
Graded Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 28 November 2023.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 2 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 423
- Places
- 600
- How full
- 71% full — 423 of 600 places taken, so places are likely to be available
- Girls / boys
- 186 / 237
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Birmingham 124C, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 31%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 17%
- Households owning their home
- 79%
- Households in social housing
- 5%
- Households with no car
- 17%
- Adults economically inactive
- 33%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 5–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- EXCELSIOR MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Acting Headteacher: Janine Arrowsmith
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Ward
- Northfield
- Constituency
- Birmingham Northfield
- URN
- 151709
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turves Green Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 59% | 0.5 mi |
| St Brigid's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2023 | 73% | 0.6 mi |
| Albert Bradbeer Primary AcademyAcademy converter | No grade | 62% | 0.7 mi |
| Merritts Brook Primary E-ACT AcademyAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 68% | 0.7 mi |
| St Columba's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Good 2023 | 80% | 0.7 mi |
| Bellfield Infant School (NC)Community school | No grade | — | 1 mi |
| Bellfield Junior SchoolCommunity school | Good 2022 | 57% | 1 mi |
| Colmers Farm Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2023 | 70% | 1 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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