Spring Meadow Primary School & Nursery

Spring Meadow Primary School & Nursery at a glance

Located in Harwich, Essex, Spring Meadow Primary School & Nursery is a primary school, classified by the DfE as an academy converter. The school educates roughly 389 pupils aged 2 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. 52% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 2.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 102 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 61% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links further down the page.