The Meadows Key Information

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Good

NATIONAL AVG. 2.09

Ofsted report

(06/06/2023)

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75%

NATIONAL AVG. 12.4%

Pupils with SEN support

Country Care, the Meadows

Beech Lane

Dove Holes

SK17 8DJ

Website

01298814000

Derbyshire County Council

School Description

The Meadows School is a small, independent day school owned by Country Care. It specialises in providing full-time education for pupils who are in the care of their local authorities and who live in residential accommodation provided by the company. The school is registered to admit up to eight pupils who have social, emotional and mental health difficulties, in the age range of 11 to 18 years. There are currently three pupils in Year 11 and one pupil in Year 9 on the school roll. The school was granted a material change in January 2016. The school is now registered to provide education for girls aged 11 to 18 years, an increase from 11 to 16 years. Inspection report: The Meadows, 2–3 October 2018 Page 8 of 11 The school was last inspected in November 2015. The school does not use any alternative providers. The aim of the school is to ‘raise academic attainment and provide a wide range of opportunities for achievement, within a safe, stable, structured and warm therapeutic environment.’ Inspection report: The Meadows, 2–3 October 2018 Page 9 of 11 Information about this inspection Ofsted announced the inspection to the headteacher the day before the inspection began. The inspector observed the learning in four lessons and examined a wide variety of pupils’ workbooks from a range of subjects.

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