The Meadows School

Whitworth Lane, County Durham, DL16 7QW

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About this school

The Meadows School is a Community special school serving special age pupils, located in County Durham. The school has 63 pupils enrolled. The Head Teacher is A McGarry. The school is administered by County Durham local authority. It opened in 1 September 1999.

School details

Head Teacher

A McGarry

Local authority

County Durham

Gender

Mixed

URN

131905

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at The Meadows School are handled by the school or the local authority (County Durham). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

Source: Department for Education school performance data. Check this school on GOV.UK →

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