Meadowhead School

Meadowhead School
Meadowhead School
	Entrance to the new school building (2009)
Location
	Dyche Lane; Sheffield , South Yorkshire , S8 8BR; England
Coordinates	53°19′33″N1°28′10″W / 53.325725°N 1.469532°W
Information
Type	Academy
Motto	Learning and Achieving Together
Established	1987
Local authority	City of Sheffield
Specialist	Language College
Department for Education URN	138545 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Headteacher	Kam Grewal-Joy
Staff	183
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11to 18
Enrolment	1,840
Website	http://www.meadowhead.sheffield.sch.uk

Last updated August 19, 2025

Meadowhead School is a mixed secondary school and Language College with academy status in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. There are currently around 1,800 students on roll, about 120 teaching staff and approximately 50 non-teaching staff.

History

Meadowhead School was created when the two schools of Jordanthorpe Comprehensive School and Rowlinson School merged in 1987. The school remained on two sites approximately 0.25 miles apart until January 2007 when the new building was opened on land in between the two sites of Jordanthorpe. The Rowlinson School site became part of Norton College. The previous school sites of Jordanthorpe were demolished. The site where the North Building once stood became a Gilders Volkswagen and Audi car showroom and the area where the South Building was became the new school's playing fields. The new building was built just to the south of where the original North Building stood.

School Specialism

It has been a Specialist Language College since 2001 and was re-designated as such in 2005. The school converted to academy status in 2012.

Academic

As of January 2023, the most recent data shows that the GCSE (Grade 5 or Above) pass rate, including English and Maths, was 57%, which was well above the average for Sheffield (47%) and for the UK (50%). 31% of students at Meadowhead School entered the English Baccalaureate, compared with 37% in Sheffield and 39% nationally.^[1]

In its most recent Ofsted inspection, the school was rated as ‘Good’.^[2]

Post-16

Meadowhead gained Trust status in September 2009, and now offers post-16 courses. In October 2017 the school opened its new 6th form building.

School Logo

The School's logo is a phoenix, representing Meadowhead School rising from the ashes of Jordanthorpe Comprehensive School and Rowlinson School.^{[ citation needed ]} There is a large statue of a phoenix in the central area of the school, named The Rosling.

Alumni