The Meadows School
Contact details for the school

School Name: The Meadows School
Address: Whitworth Lane
Town/City: Spennymoor
Postcode: DL16 7QW

Type of school

Phase: Ages 11-16
Type: Community special school
Religious Denomination: None
Admissions Policy: Non-selective
Established: 1999
History: This school closed in 2025

Staff and pupils

Head Teacher: Mr A McGarry
Capacity: 75
Gender: Mixed

The following details are from a census on 16 January 2025:
Number of pupils: 63 (79% boys & 21% girls)
Enrollment: 84% of capacity
Free school meal eligibility: 73%

SEN Provisions

  • SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health

Location and administration

URN: 131905
DfE Number: 840/7000
UKPRN: 10017089
UPRN: 100110748845
Region: North East (E12000001)
District: County Durham (E06000047)
Constituency: Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor (E14001382)
Electoral Ward: Spennymoor (E05009082)

Easting & Northing: 424691E, 533673N
Latitude & Longitude: 54° 41' 53.25" N 1° 37' 5.77" W
Plus Code: 9C6WM9XJ+7M

External links

DfE Record: View record

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Nearby schools
  1. Norman Cornish Academy (0.0km)
  2. Whitworth Park Academy (0.4km)
  3. Rosa Street Primary and Nursery Academy (0.7km)
  4. Middlestone Moor Academy (0.8km)
  5. The Oaks Secondary School (0.8km)
  6. King Street Primary School (1.3km)
  7. Springmoor Grange School (1.7km)
  8. North Park Primary School (1.8km)
  9. St Charles' Catholic Primary School, Tudhoe (1.9km)
  10. Tudhoe Moor Nursery School (2.3km)
Associated schools

Related school*

Predecessor school†

† Establishments now closed from which this school arose, or with which it has merged.
* Other schools occupying the same site, or related to this one through splits or mergers.