School profile

Meadowcroft Community Primary School

Primary · Community school · Chertsey, KT16 9PT

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Good
Requires improvement
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Meadowcroft Community Primary School Ofsted rating

Ofsted report cardInspected 14 Apr 2026

Area360 rating
Good
Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Early years
Expected standard
Safeguarding
Met

School facts

PhasePrimary
TypeCommunity school
Ages4 to 11
Pupils135
GenderMixed
Head teacherMrs Jacqueline Underwood
Local authoritySurrey
WebsiteVisit

Source: Get Information about Schools, URN 125065.

Pupils

2025/26

Pupils at the January school census.

MeasureThis school
Total pupils135
Girls71
Boys64
Eligible for free school mealsPupils from low-income families who can get free school meals.25.9%
First language not English23%
School places2024/25Capacity, not including nursery.120
Unfilled placesShare of school places not taken.0%
SEN supportPupils with special educational needs who get extra help at school.7
EHC planEducation, health and care plan: a legal plan for pupils with more complex needs.11
Average class size27

Source: DfE, Schools, pupils and their characteristics and School capacity, Academic year 2025/26, published 04 Jun 2026.

Pupils ethnicity

2025/26

Share of pupils in each ethnic group, as recorded at the January school census.

Pupils ethnicity

White British
45.9%
Other White
11.1%
Traveller of Irish heritage
7.4%
Indian
7.4%
Pakistani
5.9%
Other mixed
3.7%
Caribbean
3.7%
White and Black Caribbean
3%
Other Asian
2.2%
African
2.2%

Source: DfE, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, Academic year 2025/26, published 04 Jun 2026.

Teachers and staff

2025/26

Staff numbers are full-time equivalent (FTE). Teacher turnover shows where the school's teachers were by the following year's census.

MeasureThis school
Pupils per teacher16.9
Pupils per adultAdults include teaching assistants.9.6
Teachers (FTE)8
Teaching assistants (FTE)6.13
Support staff (FTE)9.85
Teachers in census year (FTE)2024/256.4
Teachers who stayed (FTE)2024/255
Teachers who moved to another state school (FTE)2024/250.4
Teachers who left state schools (FTE)2024/251

Source: DfE, School workforce in England, Reporting year 2025, published 04 Jun 2026.

Admissions

2026/27

Applications and offers for the main entry points. Offers from oversubscribed schools depend on each school's admissions criteria; check the local authority admissions page.

MeasureThis school
Offers made (Reception)Places offered on national offer day.30
Applications (Reception)Includes every preference parents listed.80
First preference applications (Reception)Families who put this school as their first choice.21
First preference offers (Reception)First-choice applicants who were offered a place.19
Applications from another local authority (Reception)1

Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers, Academic year 2026/27, published 18 Jun 2026.

Attendance

2025/26

Share of possible sessions missed.

MeasureThis schoolSurreyEngland
Overall absence5.8%, worse than England, worse than Surrey4.7%5.1%
Persistent absencePupils missing 10% or more of sessions.23.2%, worse than England, worse than Surrey10.9%13.2%
Severe absencePupils missing 50% or more of sessions.1.8%, worse than England, worse than Surrey1%1%

Source: DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England, Autumn and spring term 2025/26, published 15 Oct 2026.

Suspensions and exclusions

2024/25

Suspension rate is the number of suspensions per 100 pupils, so one pupil can be counted more than once. A permanently excluded pupil is removed from the school roll.

MeasureThis school
Suspension rate2%
Pupils with one or more suspensions1%
Permanent exclusion rate0%
Permanent exclusions0

Source: DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, Academic year 2024/25, published 09 Jul 2026.

Nearby schools

Ratings include official Ofsted judgements and Area360 summaries of inspection grades. Open a school’s profile for its inspection grades and results.

Schools near Meadowcroft Community Primary School
DistancePhaseNameTypeRatingLinks
0.4 miSecondarySalesian School, ChertseyAcademy converter
Outstanding
0.6 miPrimarySt Paul's CofE Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led
Good
0.6 miSecondaryJubilee High SchoolAcademy sponsor led
Good
0.7 miNot applicableSir William Perkins's SchoolOther independent school
Unrated
0.8 miPrimaryHoly Family Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter
Good
0.9 miPrimarySt Anne's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter
Good
0.9 miSecondaryChertsey High SchoolFree schools
Good
1.0 miPrimaryOngar Place Primary SchoolCommunity school
Good
1.0 miNurseryChertsey Nursery SchoolLocal authority nursery school
Good
1.0 miPrimaryStepgates Community SchoolCommunity school
Good

Frequently asked questions about Meadowcroft Community Primary School

What is Meadowcroft Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

Meadowcroft Community Primary School is rated Good, last inspected on 14 Apr 2026. Recent Ofsted inspections have no single overall grade, so Area360 summarises the inspection grades.

How hard is it to get into Meadowcroft Community Primary School?

For Reception entry in 2026/27, Meadowcroft Community Primary School made 30 offers from 80 applications (2.7 per offer), and 19 of 21 first-preference applicants got a place. Applications include every preference parents listed.

How many pupils attend Meadowcroft Community Primary School?

Meadowcroft Community Primary School has 135 pupils aged 4 to 11.

What is the capacity of Meadowcroft Community Primary School?

Meadowcroft Community Primary School had 120 school places in 2024/25.

How big are classes at Meadowcroft Community Primary School?

At Meadowcroft Community Primary School, the average class had 27 pupils in 2025/26, and there were 16.9 pupils per teacher.

What is attendance like at Meadowcroft Community Primary School?

In 2025/26, pupils at Meadowcroft Community Primary School missed 5.8% of sessions (England 5.1%), and 23.2% were persistently absent, missing 10% or more of sessions (England 13.2%).

Figures are the latest published by the Department for Education for each measure. Small numbers are suppressed by the publisher to protect pupils' privacy. Read how Area360 school ratings and rankings work.