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High Meadow Community School

Community school in Coleshill, B46 1ES, taking ages 4 to 11, 196 on roll.

Good Ofsted, Dec 2023
1.44 mi Admitted from, 2025/26
93% Full
47.0% Met the expected standard, 2024/25

Will an address get in?

In 2025/26, the furthest child offered a place lived 1.44 miles away.

Applying for September 2027? Primary applications close 15 January 2027; offers on 16 April 2027.

The circle is 1.44 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2025/26.

High Meadow Community School: 1.44 miles, 2025/26 St Anthony's Catholic Primary School: 0.4 miles, published by Solihull

This is not a catchment area. 1.44 miles was last year's outcome, not a boundary and not a promise.
How to read this

Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When High Meadow Community School is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.

Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.

Real admission areas are not circular: the circle is the distance, not a boundary. The labels on the map are postcode districts whose centre falls inside both circles; each opens the district's guide.

The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.

One published year so far: 2025/26, from Warwickshire. With two or more, the map can draw any of them.

Source: Warwickshire, published admission distances, 2025/26

Where High Meadow Community School and St Anthony's Catholic Primary School are both in reach

Both distances are drawn on the map above. St Anthony's Catholic Primary School admitted from 0.4 miles in the latest published year, published by Solihull. Its own page has the rest of its figures.

No postcode district has its centre inside both distances. The two schools admit from 1.44 and 0.4 miles, and the ground those circles share holds no district centre, which is a fact about where the centres fall rather than about any one address. The map above shows both, and the postcode checker answers for both.

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If the answer is no, you can appeal. In Warwickshire, 71 of 356 secondary appeals succeeded in 2025 (19.9%; England 19.9%), counted for all the council's schools together. How every council compares.

Other schools nearby with a published distance

The closest schools to High Meadow Community School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.

SchoolPhaseAdmitted fromAway
Coleshill Church of England Primary School Both in reach Primary 6.16 mi 2025/26 0.9 mi
St Edward's Catholic Primary School Both in reach Primary 5.87 mi 2025/26 1.0 mi
Water Orton Primary School Both in reach Primary 6.87 mi 2025/26 1.4 mi
The Coleshill School Both in reach Secondary 8.36 mi 2025/26 1.5 mi
Smith's Wood Primary Academy Both in reach Primary 0.77 mi 1.6 mi
St Anthony's Catholic Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.4 mi 1.9 mi

The distance as a picture

High Meadow Community School catchment area map: the 1.44 mile admission distance, 2025/26 and the postcode districts inside it
Drawn to scale from the published figure, with the districts whose centre falls inside. Save the picture, or share this page and this is the card that appears.

What kind of school this is

Religious characterNo religious character
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
How full 196 pupils in 210 places (93% full)
Local authorityWarwickshire

Department for Education register (GIAS).

How the school is doing

Ofsted Good, inspected 18 December 2023
Meeting the expected standard 47.0% in reading, writing and maths (2024/25)
YearMeeting the expected standard
2024/25 47.0%
2023/24 86.0%
2022/23 67.0%

Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.

Who goes to High Meadow Community School

Girls and boys50.5% girls, 49.5% boys
English as an additional language3.6% of pupils
Free school meals12.2% of pupils eligible

DfE school census, most recent published year.

Postcode districts within 1.44 miles

Districts whose centre falls inside 2025/26's distance. A district is wide, so check the address itself rather than the list.

DistrictAreaFrom the school
B46 North Warwickshire 0.7 mi

Getting to High Meadow Community School by bus

Best-served stop: Ennersdale Close, 0.2 mi away, with 3.3 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 05:30, last 23:07.

Every stop within 600 m
StopFrom the schoolWeekday daytime, an hourEveningSundayRoutes
Rose Road0.2 mi3.21.01.0X13, 76, 76C
Rose Road0.2 mi2.61.51.0X13, 76C
Ennersdale Close0.2 mi3.31.01.0X13, 76, 76C

These are scheduled departures, not buses observed running. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two rows.

Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), week of 8 Sep 2026

The fee-paying alternative

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Checking the house as well as the school

The full report checks one address against every nearby school, with sold prices, flood risk and crime.

Common questions

What is the catchment area for High Meadow Community School?

High Meadow Community School does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in 2025/26 lived 1.44 miles away, per Warwickshire.

How close do I need to live to get a place at High Meadow Community School?

Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 1.44 miles was enough in 2025/26. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.

Does buying a house near High Meadow Community School guarantee a place?

No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.

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