Spring Meadow Primary School & Nursery

Primary school in Harwich, Essex. Good (Feb 2024).

Latest graded inspection

Inspected 28 February 2024, report published 24 April 2024, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.

This grade was given to Spring Meadow Primary School & School House Nursery (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Spring Meadow Primary School & Nursery hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.

Good overall. The school was doing well. The most common grade under the previous system. 76% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Good.

Grades for each area
Area	Grade
Quality of education	Good
Behaviour and attitudes	Good
Personal development	Good
Leadership and management	Good
Early years	Good
Safeguarding effective	Yes

These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.

Next inspection: around February 2028

The last inspection was in February 2024. Schools are usually inspected about every four years.

An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2029 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.

Nearby primary schools

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0.6 milesThe Mayflower Primary School
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Good (Feb 2022)
0.6 milesSt Joseph's Catholic Primary School
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School remains Good (May 2023)
0.6 milesChase Lane Primary School and Nursery
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School remains Good (Jan 2024)
1.3 milesHarwich Community Primary School and Nursery
Primary, Harwich, Essex
Good (Oct 2023)

Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.