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Meadowside School

Special school in Wirral CH49 5LA

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  • School Reference Number: 105133
  • Address: Pool Lane, Woodchurch, Wirral CH49 5LA
  • Acting Headteacher: Miss Paula Wareing
  • Telephone: 0151 678 7711
  • Website: meadowsideschool.com
  • Type: Special schools
  • Sub-Type: Community special school
  • Phase: Not applicable
  • Pupil Capacity: 100
  • Local Education Authority: Wirral
  • Gender: Mixed
  • Age Range: 11 to 19
  • Admissions Policy: Not applicable
  • Active From: January 1900*
  • Active To: March 2025* (For Academy)

* Active From and To dates don't necessarily mean that a school opened or closed on those dates. Schools are allocated a new Reference Number when they change status in any way, for example when a local authority school converts to an academy or when schools are combined or merged.

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Latest Ofsted Rating

Inspected on 24/05/2022

Rating published on 18/07/2022

Overall effectiveness: Requires Improvement

Quality of education: Requires Improvement

Behaviour and attitudes: Good

Personal development: Good

Effectiveness of leadership and management: Requires Improvement

Sixth form provision: Requires Improvement

All Ofsted Reports

Inspection DatePublication DateInspection TypeRatingPDF Link
6 February 2024 26 March 2024 Monitoring visit
24 May 2022 19 July 2022 School inspection Requires Improvement
22 May 2018 4 July 2018 Full inspection Requires Improvement
15 February 2018 20 March 2018 Short inspection
3 October 2012 6 November 2012 Full inspection Good
4 March 2010 29 March 2010 Full inspection Good
20 June 2007 11 July 2007 Full inspection Good
10 June 2002 19 September 2002 Full inspection

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Unique Reference Number105133
Local Authority Code344
Local Authority NameWirral
Establishment Number7007
School / College NameMeadowside School
Establishment Type Code07
Establishment typeCommunity special school
Establishment Type Group Code5
Establishment Type GroupSpecial schools
Establishment Status Code3
Establishment statusOpen, but proposed to close
Reason Establishment Opened Code00
Reason establishment openedNot applicable
Open date01-01-1900
Reason Establishment Closed Code06
Reason establishment closedFor Academy
Close date31-03-2025
Phase Of Education Code 0
Phase of educationNot applicable
Age range Low11
Age range High19
Boarders Code1
BoardersNo boarders
Nursery provisionNot applicable
Official Sixth Form Code1
Official sixth formHas a sixth form
Gender Code3
Gender of entryMixed
Religious Character Code00
Religious characterDoes not apply
Religious ethosDoes not apply
Diocese Code0000
DioceseNot applicable
Admissions Policy Code0
Admissons policyNot applicable
School capacity100
Special Classes Code1
Special classesHas Special Classes
Census Date18-01-2024
Number of Pupils107
Number of Boys69
Number of Girls38
Percentage Free School Meals66.20
Trust School Flag Code0
Trust School Flag Not applicable
Trusts Code
Academy trust or Trust
School Sponsor FlagNot applicable
Academy sponsor
Federation FlagNot under a federation
Federations Code
Federation
UKPRN10018170
FEHE Identifier
Further education typeNot applicable
Last Changed Date28-01-2025
StreetPool Lane
LocalityWoodchurch
Address3
TownWirral
County (name)Merseyside
PostcodeCH49 5LA
Websitewww.meadowsideschool.com
Telephone01516787711
Headteacher/Principal titleMiss
Headteacher/Principal first namePaula
Headteacher/Principal last nameWareing
Headteacher/Principal Job TitleActing Headteacher
BSO Inspectorate NameNot applicable
Inspectorate Report
Date of Last Inspection Visit
Next Inspection Visit
Teenage mothers provisionNot applicable
Teenage mothers capacity
Childcare facilities provisionNot applicable
SEN facilitiesNot applicable
Pupils with EBDNot applicable
Number of places
Full time provision
Pupils educated by other providersNot applicable
Section 41 approvedNot applicable
SEN provision
Type of resourced provision
Resourced provision number on roll
Resourced provision capacity
SEN unit number on roll
SEN unit capacity
Government Office Region CodeB
Government Office RegionNorth West
District CodeE08000015
DistrictWirral
Ward CodeE05000973
WardUpton
Parliamentary Constituency CodeE14001589
Parliamentary ConstituencyWirral West
Urban/Rural CodeA1
Urban/Rural Description(England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
GSS LA CodeE08000015
Easting327615
Northing386896
Middle Super Output Area (MSOA)Wirral 025
Lower Super Output Area (LSOA)Wirral 025A
Inspectorate Name
Number of special pupils under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Number of special pupils not under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Boarding Establishment
Proprietor's Name
Previous Local Authority Code999
Previous local authority
Previous establishment number
Country
UPRN42090790
Site Name
QAB Code0
QAB NameNot applicable
Establishment Accredited Code0
Establishment AccreditedNot applicable
QAB Report
CH Number
MSOA CodeE02001491
LSOA CodeE01007249
Free School Meals47
Accreditation Expiry Date
URN105133
Web Linkhttp://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/105133
LAESTAB3447007
School nameMeadowside School
Ofsted phaseSpecial
Type of educationCommunity Special School
School open dateN/A
Admissions policyNot applicable
Sixth formHas a sixth form
Designated religious characterDoes not apply
Religious ethosDoes not apply
Faith groupingNon-faith
Ofsted regionNorth West
RegionNorth West
Local authorityWirral
Parliamentary constituencyWirral West
Multi-academy trust UIDN/A
Multi-academy trust nameN/A
Academy sponsor UIDN/A
Academy sponsor nameN/A
PostcodeCH49 5LA
Number of warning notices issued in 2023/24 academic yearN/A
The income deprivation affecting children index (IDACI) quintile5
Total number of pupils107
Statutory lowest age11
Statutory highest age19
Latest ungraded inspection number since last graded inspectionN/A
Does the ungraded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?N/A
URN at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
LAESTAB at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
School name at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
School type at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
Number of ungraded inspections since the last graded inspectionN/A
Date of latest ungraded inspectionN/A
Ungraded inspection publication dateN/A
Did the latest ungraded inspection convert to a graded inspection?N/A
Ungraded inspection overall outcomeN/A
Number of monitoring and urgent inspections since last graded inspection1
Inspection number of latest graded inspection10226165
Inspection typeRequires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
Inspection type groupingRequires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
Event type groupingSchools - S5
Inspection start date24/05/2022
Publication date18/07/2022
Does the latest graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of latest graded inspection105133
LAESTAB at time of latest graded inspection3447007
School name at time of latest graded inspectionMeadowside School
School type at time of latest graded inspectionCommunity Special School
Current school type used for chart C6Maintained school
Overall effectivenessRequires Improvement
Category of concernN/A
Quality of educationRequires Improvement
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Effectiveness of leadership and managementRequires Improvement
Safeguarding is effective?Yes
Early years provisionN/A
Sixth form provisionRequires Improvement
Previous inspection number10048961
Previous inspection start date22/05/2018
Previous publication date04/07/2018
Does the previous graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of previous graded inspection105133
LAESTAB at time of previous graded inspection3447007
School name at time of previous graded inspectionMeadowside School
School type at time of previous graded inspectionCommunity Special School
Previous graded inspection overall effectiveness3
Previous category of concernN/A
Previous quality of educationN/A
Previous behaviour and attitudesN/A
Previous personal developmentN/A
Previous effectiveness of leadership and managementRequires Improvement
Previous safeguarding is effective?Yes
Previous early years provisionN/A
Previous sixth form provisionRequires Improvement

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