The Meadows Academy
Whitworth Lane, Spennymoor, DL16 7QW
64 pupils · 85% of 75 capacity
- Type
- Academy special converter
- Ages
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Trust
- HORIZONS SPECIALIST ACADEMY TRUST
- Local authority
- County Durham
- Free school meals
- 78.1%
Ofsted
Requires improvement (2023) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 5 December 2023, published 31 January 2024. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Nearby alternatives
- The Oaks Secondary School 0.8 km · Outstanding — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- The Grange Learning Centre 3.2 km · No Ofsted rating
- The Woodlands 4.7 km · Standards maintained (2025)
- Aycliffe Secure Centre 4.8 km · No Ofsted rating
- Evergreen Primary School 6.4 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Strawberry Lane 7.4 km · No Ofsted rating
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.