Meridian Primary School

About Meridian Primary School

Meridian Primary School in Greenwich was rated Good overall by Ofsted in its most recent 2022 inspection, but the detail tells a more interesting story. The school earned Outstanding marks in three of the four graded categories: early years provision, personal development, and behaviour and attitudes. Leadership and management, along with quality of education, were both rated Good. This represents an improvement from the school's previous inspection in 2011, when it was rated Good overall but with early years provision at a lower grade. On the most telling exam metric, 83% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2 in the 2023/24 academic year. That puts Meridian well above the Greenwich local authority average of 71% and places the school 5th out of 57 primary schools in the borough, comfortably inside the top 10% nationally.

The school's exam results are strong across individual subjects too. In maths, 93% of pupils reached the expected standard and the average score was 111, with 62% achieving the higher standard. Reading saw the same 93% expected rate and an identical average score of 111, while 59% hit the higher threshold. Writing was slightly lower, with 86% at expected and 31% at the higher level. The combined higher standard for all three subjects was 28%. These figures are particularly impressive given that 13.5% of the school's 222 pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is slightly below the national average. The school has no official sixth form, as is standard for a primary, and does offer nursery provision for younger children.

Meridian is a heavily oversubscribed school. For the 2025/26 intake, there were 176 applications for just 28 places, with 55 families listing it as their first preference. That gives an oversubscription ratio of over six to one. The school has a range of facilities including a sensory room, art studios, a sports hall, music rooms, playing fields and even a chapel. Sports on offer include cross country, swimming, cricket, dance, rounders and football, while clubs cover drama, gardening, choir and eco club. The school has a resourced provision and supports pupils with specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, speech and language needs, hearing impairment, and autistic spectrum disorder. This is a school that suits families looking for strong academic outcomes in a popular Greenwich primary with good SEND support and a broad extracurricular offer.

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