Meadow High School[1]

Special · ages 11–19

Headline results

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Results

Results at special schools and alternative provision aren't comparable with mainstream schools'. Shown as published, not compared.

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 0.3 2024/25[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 0% 2024/25[2]
Progress 8: -1.82 2016/17[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[4]
All results, 2020/21: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[5]
All results, 2019/20: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[6]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2016/17	0[3]	0%[3]	-1.82[3]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 92% 2022/23[7]
School sixth form: 0% 2022/23[7]
Sixth-form college: 0% 2022/23[7]
Further education college: 8% 2022/23[7]
Apprenticeship: 0% 2022/23[7]
Employment: 0% 2022/23[7]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	97%[8]	0%[8]	0%[8]	0%[8]	0%[8]	0%[8]
2020/21	100%[9]	0%[9]	0%[9]	0%[9]	0%[9]	0%[9]
2019/20	100%[10]	0%[10]	0%[10]	3%[10]	0%[10]	0%[10]
2018/19	97%[11]	0%[11]	0%[11]	3%[11]	0%[11]	0%[11]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 25 Feb 2025[12]
Type: S5 Inspection[12]
Report published: 3 Apr 2025[12]
Personal development: Outstanding[12]
Quality of education: Good[12]
Behaviour and attitudes: Good[12]
Safeguarding is effective?: Yes[12]
Sixth form provision (where applicable): Outstanding[12]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good[12]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
7 Nov 2023[13]	Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[13]	No overall grade[13]
22 May 2018[14]	Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[14]	No overall grade[14]

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type: Community special school[1]
Ages: 11–19[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 400[1]
Local authority: Hillingdon[1]
Website: www.meadowhighschool.org [1]
District: Hillingdon [15]
Postcode: UB8 3QU[1]
URN: 102462[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll: 285 2024/25[16]
English as an additional language: 22.1% 2024/25[16]
SEN support: 0% 2024/25[16]
EHC plan: 100% 2024/25[16]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 47.3% 2024/25[16]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 47.2%[17]
Mixed: 15.1%[17]
Asian: 23.9%[17]
Black: 8.9%[17]
Any other ethnic group: 3.9%[17]
Unclassified: 1%[17]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2016/17, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series for the 2020/21 academic year was cancelled
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2019/20. Period 2019/20. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in 2020
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2017/18. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.