• Our Family
  • Our Schools
  • Support & Advice
  • Contact Us

Colour Mode

  • About Us
  • Our Approach
  • Parents & Carers
  • News & Events
  • Welcome
  • About Us
    • What we do
    • Meet Our Team
    • Virtual Tour
    • Policies
    • Proprietor
    • Work for us
  • Our Approach
    • Education
    • Our Curriculum – Primary phase
    • Our Curriculum – Secondary Phase
    • Clinical therapy
    • Careers
    • Safeguarding
  • Parents and Carers
    • Important Information
    • Online Safety
    • Referrals and admissions
  • News & Events
  • Referrals and admissions
  • Contact Us
  • Our Family
  • Our Schools
  • Support & Advice
Contact Us
Contact Us

Find out more about Meadowcroft School.

What we do

Our team

Work for us

Proprietor

Policies

Virtual tour

Our work and how it helps.

Curriculum

Primary Phase

Secondary Phase

Clinical therapy

Careers

Safeguarding

Making a real difference.

Important information

Online Safety

Referrals and Admissions

×

Belong.

Thrive.

Succeed.

Supporting every young person to overcome challenges and realise their potential.

Welcome to Meadowcroft School

At Meadowcroft School, we are committed to creating a safe, nurturing and ambitious environment where every child and young person is known, valued and supported to thrive.

Across our four sites – The Lodge, The Gallery, The Hub and The Works – we provide specialist education and therapeutic support for pupils with social, emotional and mental health needs, alongside a range of additional learning and communication differences. We understand that many of our pupils may have experienced challenges within education previously, and we believe that positive relationships, trust and a genuine sense of belonging are the foundations from which successful learning grows.

Our staff team works hard to understand every child as an individual. We celebrate progress in all its forms and maintain high aspirations for every pupil, both academically and personally. Through carefully planned support, therapeutic approaches and meaningful opportunities, we help young people to develop confidence, resilience, independence and hope for the future.

At Meadowcroft, success is not measured by one single pathway. We want our pupils to leave us with the skills, qualifications, self-belief and emotional understanding needed to lead healthy, happy and fulfilling adult lives.

“At Meadowcroft, we believe that strong relationships, high expectations and a culture of belonging can transform lives and create futures filled with hope.”

Gavin Hosford, Executive Headteacher

Our Vision

At Meadowcroft, we believe every young person deserves to belong, to be understood and to experience success.

Through exceptional relationships, specialist expertise and unwavering belief in every learner, we create a community where children and young people feel safe, valued and inspired to achieve more than they ever thought possible.

We prepare every pupil not only for qualifications, but for life – equipping them with the confidence, resilience and independence to thrive in their future.

Our Values

Belong

We believe every young person, every family and every colleague deserves to feel welcomed, valued and respected. Through positive relationships, compassion and understanding, we create a community where everyone knows they matter.

Thrive

We provide the care, challenge and specialist support that enables every pupil to flourish. We celebrate individuality, nurture wellbeing and inspire confidence so that every young person can grow academically, socially and emotionally.

Succeed

We hold high aspirations for every pupil and never place limits on potential. We celebrate every achievement and prepare children and young people with the knowledge, skills and independence they need for fulfilling futures.

Our Commitment

At Meadowcroft, we are committed to providing exceptional education, promoting wellbeing and belonging, developing confidence and independence, working in partnership with families, and preparing every pupil for a successful future.

“

Since Luke has been at Meadowcroft, his life and our lives have changed massively; he’s a completely different person. It’s the first time he’s been in a school that fully understands him. The communication between the school and home is first class. I know that staff at Meadowcroft have Luke’s interests at heart – It’s a brilliant place!

”

Parent

“

The school know that I want to go into landscaping when I’m older so they have been able to put me on Land Based Studies course. I would never believe that I could be getting a Gold Award and a chance to go to Buckingham Palace. It’s really good to be in a place where people understand me.

”

Pupil

“

Meadowcroft School has helped me give my son opportunities and the future he deserves, and given me the wonderful son I always knew I had. He just needed to be understood.

”

Parent

“

The staff team are patient, good listeners, friendly and kind. They helped me apply for colleges and prepare for my interviews to get onto the course I wanted to do.

”

Pupil

  • What we do
  • Term Dates
  • Virtual tour
  • News & Events
  • Contact Us

Follow us on social

The Lodge - Primary Site

Meadowcroft School, Leeds Road, Wakefield, WF1 3JT

01924 208586 Email

 

Part of

Acorn Education

Follow us on social

  • Slavery Statement
  • Cookie Policy
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Legals

© Outcomes First Group 2026