The Meadows Academy

 

Contact Details

Address:
 Whitworth Lane
 Spennymoor DL16 7QW
Telephone: 01388 811178

School Type

Phase: Secondary (ages 11-16)
Type: Special Converter Academy
Religious Denomination: None
Admissions Policy: Special
Established: 2025
History: This school arose from The Meadows School
Trust: Horizons Specialist Academy Trust
Sponsor: Horizons Specialist Academy Trust

Staff and Pupils

Headteacher: Ms Lucy Winter (since June 2025)
Previous Headteacher: Andrew McGarry
Sex: Mixed
FSM pupils at 10 nearest schools†: 38.6%
Local child deprivation rate: 20.4% (4km radius)
Proportion of ethnic minority pupils: 4.8%
Ethnic minority pupils at 10 nearest schools†: 10.7%
Distance to 10th nearest school†: 9.4km
† Schools of the same phase (primary or secondary) for which data are available

Location and Administration

Region: North East
Authority: Durham
Constituency: Bishop Auckland
Electoral Ward: Spennymoor
School Number: 8407000

Inspections and Reports

Ofsted Report: 5th December 2023 (view record)

External Links

DfE Record: View record
School Performance Table: View record
 
 

Nearby Schools

  1. Whitworth Park Academy (0.4km) show on map
  2. Rosa Street Primary and Nursery Academy (0.7km) show on map
  3. Middlestone Moor Academy (0.8km) show on map
  4. The Oaks Secondary School (0.8km) show on map
  5. King Street Primary School (1.3km) show on map
  6. Springmoor Grange School (1.8km) show on map
  7. North Park Primary School (1.8km) show on map
  8. St Charles' Catholic Primary School, Tudhoe (2.0km) show on map
  9. Tudhoe Moor Nursery School (2.3km) show on map
  10. Byers Green Primary School (2.6km) show on map
  11. Tudhoe Colliery Primary School (2.9km) show on map
  12. Kirk Merrington Primary School (2.9km) show on map
  13. Ferryhill School (3.1km) show on map
  14. The Grange Learning Centre (3.3km) show on map
  15. Dean Bank Primary and Nursery School (3.9km) show on map
  16. Victoria Lane Academy (3.9km) show on map
  17. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Coundon (3.9km) show on map
  18. St Stephen's Church of England Primary School (4.6km) show on map
  19. The Woodlands (4.7km) show on map
  20. Broom Cottages Primary & Nursery School (4.7km) show on map
  21. Parkside Academy (4.8km) show on map
  22. Aycliffe Secure Centre (4.9km) show on map
  23. Willington Primary School (5.1km) show on map
  24. Cleves Cross Primary and Nursery School Academy (5.1km) show on map
  25. King James I Academy Bishop Auckland (5.4km) show on map
  26. Our Lady and St Thomas Catholic Primary Schoo... (5.5km) show on map
  27. Browney Primary Academy (5.5km) show on map
  28. Hunwick Primary School (5.6km) show on map
  29. Prince Bishops Community Primary School (5.8km) show on map
  30. Etherley Lane Primary School (5.8km) show on map
  31. Sunnybrow Primary School (5.8km) show on map
  32. Chilton Academy (5.8km) show on map
  33. Brandon Primary Academy (6.0km) show on map
  34. Etherley Lane Nursery School (6.0km) show on map
  35. St Andrew's Academy (6.1km) show on map
  36. Ferryhill Station Primary School (6.1km) show on map
  37. Cockton Hill Junior School (6.2km) show on map
  38. Cockton Hill Infant School (6.2km) show on map
  39. West Cornforth Primary School (6.4km) show on map
  40. St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Langley Moor (6.5km) show on map
  41. St Anne's CofE Primary School (6.7km) show on map
  42. Evergreen Primary School (6.7km) show on map
  43. Durham High School (6.8km) show on map
  44. Bishop Barrington Academy (6.9km) show on map
  45. Langley Moor Nursery School (6.9km) show on map
  46. Langley Moor Primary School (6.9km) show on map
  47. St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Bishop ... (7.0km) show on map
  48. Aclet Close Nursery School (7.0km) show on map
  49. St John's Catholic School & Sixth Form College (7.0km) show on map
  50. Coxhoe Primary School (7.1km) show on map
  51. Thornhill Primary School (7.2km) show on map
  52. Bishop Auckland College (7.2km) show on map
  53. St John's Church of England Aided Primary Sch... (7.3km) show on map
  54. Escomb Primary School (7.5km) show on map
  55. Woodhouse Primary Academy (7.5km) show on map
  56. Bowburn Primary School (7.9km) show on map
  57. Timothy Hackworth Primary School (8.1km) show on map
  58. Shincliffe CofE (Controlled) Primary School (8.1km) show on map
  59. Byerley Park Primary School (8.2km) show on map
  60. St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Crook (8.2km) show on map
  61. Walworth School (8.2km) show on map
  62. Neville's Cross Primary School and Nursery (8.3km) show on map
  63. New Brancepeth Primary Academy (8.4km) show on map
  64. Horndale Infants' School (8.5km) show on map
  65. St Francis CofE (Aided) Junior School (8.5km) show on map
  66. Crook Primary School (8.5km) show on map
  67. Howden-le-Wear Primary School (8.5km) show on map
  68. Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation (8.5km) show on map
  69. St Margaret's Church of England Primary School (8.6km) show on map
  70. Woodham Academy (8.7km) show on map
  71. St Chad's Catholic Primary School, Witton Park (8.7km) show on map
  72. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (8.7km) show on map
  73. Greenfield Academy (8.7km) show on map
  74. St Michael's Church of England Primary School (8.7km) show on map
  75. St Oswald's Church of England Aided Primary a... (8.8km) show on map
  76. Woodham Burn Community Primary School and Nursery (8.8km) show on map
  77. Stephenson Way Academy and Nursery School (8.9km) show on map
  78. Stanley (Crook) Primary School (8.9km) show on map
  79. Hartside Primary Academy (8.9km) show on map
  80. St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Newton Aycliffe (9.0km) show on map
  81. Silver Tree Primary School and Nursery (9.0km) show on map
  82. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Ushaw Moor (9.0km) show on map
  83. St Helen Auckland Community Primary School (9.1km) show on map
  84. Vane Road Primary School (9.1km) show on map
  85. Durham Johnston Comprehensive School (9.3km) show on map
  86. Peases West Academy (9.4km) show on map
  87. Sugar Hill Primary School (9.4km) show on map
  88. Durham Academy (9.4km) show on map
  89. Thornbeck College - North East Autism Society (9.4km) show on map
  90. North East Centre for Autism - Aycliffe School (9.4km) show on map
  91. Durham Sixth Form Centre (9.6km) show on map
  92. The Independent Grammar School:Durham (9.7km) show on map
  93. Esh Winning Academy (9.7km) show on map
  94. Kelloe Primary School (9.8km) show on map
  95. Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Primary Sc... (9.8km) show on map
  96. Laurel Avenue Community Primary School (9.8km) show on map
  97. Bearpark Primary School (9.8km) show on map
  98. St Leonard's Catholic School, Durham (9.8km) show on map
  99. Oakley Cross Primary School and Nursery (10.0km) show on map
  100. Toft Hill Primary School (10.1km) show on map
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Associated Schools

Predecessor Schools†
† Establishments now closed from which this school arose, or with which it has merged

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