The Meadows Primary School
Academy converter primary school in Birmingham (Birmingham).
Location
iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).About
Welcome to The Meadows Primary School where we are proud of our pupils, our staff and the positive atmosphere they create. The supportive ethos within the school enables pupils of all abilities to thrive as they grow and develop.
At The Meadows, we endeavour to create a calm, nurturing, inclusive and stimulating environment where excellent behaviour and mutual tolerance and respect are modelled by everyone and where everyone is valued and included.
Our aim is to ensure that children can be the very best they can be and we recognise the importance of achieving high standards as well as developing well rounded individuals in order to enable them to succeed as life long learners.
We hope that you find everything that you are looking for Here you will find and that what you see and read gives you an insight into what makes our school such a wonderful school for pupils to attend and for our staff to work at. If you would like to know more, please get in touch as we would love to hear from you.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
18 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Choir
- Coding
- Computing
- Cricket
- Eco Club
- Fencing
- Film Club
- Football
- Lego
- Minecraft
- Multi-Sports
- Music
- Netball
- Sewing
- Times Tables Rock Stars
- Attachment Aware Schools
and 2 more
Awards
1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Wellbeing Award for SchoolsRecognised award
Key facts
- URN
- 151709
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Northfield
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2025
Governing body (3 current, 4 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.Governors
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Claire Craddock | Shared Local Governor - Establishment | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Ian McGuff | Shared Local Governor - Establishment | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Janine Arrowsmith | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2025 |
| Mr David Williams Former | Shared Local Governor - Establishment | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2025 · term ended 2025 |
| Ms Virginie Grzelczyk Former | Shared Local Governor - Establishment | Parent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidates | since 2025 · term ended 2025 |
| Mr Jonathan Smart Former | Shared Local Governor - Establishment | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Naomi Bowett Former | Shared Local Governor - Establishment | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · term ended 2025 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 1 November 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record