Chilvers Coton Community Infant School, Nuneaton

Ofsted's report card from its 3 February 2026 inspection grades Chilvers Coton Community Infant School on 7 areas: 3 strong standard and 4 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Pupils' attendance is now a significant success."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "The school has a deeply embedded culture of inclusion."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "The personal development programme is rich, varied and reflective of the school's diverse community."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Outcomes in early reading remain a successful feature of the school."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have a secure understanding of the quality of teaching and the wider curriculum."

Early years - Expected standard. "Children in the early years receive a warm, calm and well‑organised start to school life."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leadership is effective, thoughtful and rooted in a strong commitment to the wellbeing of pupils and staff."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should continue to refine the wider curriculum by identifying the precise knowledge and vocabulary pupils must know and remember in each subject. Leaders should ensure that checks on learning enable teachers to see how securely pupils retain knowledge over time so that learning builds consistently across year groups"; "Leaders should further strengthen the consistency of high‑quality staff–child interactions across the early years, ensuring that all staff use questioning and vocabulary modelling that maximises learning. Leaders should continue to use structured support for staff and focused professional development so that these high‑quality interactions become fully embedded".

From the headteacher's welcome: "It is my absolute pleasure to welcome you to Chilvers Coton School and Nursery -a place where every single member of our community is proudly known as a Chilvers Champion . That isn't just a phrase we use; it is the heart of who we are."

For September 2026 entry, 41 families put Chilvers Coton Community Infant School as their first choice and 84 named it as one of their preferences, for 57 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Chilvers Coton Community Infant School are Our Lady & St. Joseph Catholic Academy (0.3 miles, Outstanding, 84% reading, 86% maths); Middlemarch School (0.4 miles, Good, 53% reading, 69% maths); Wembrook Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 76% reading, 87% maths); and Queen's Church of England Academy (0.5 miles, Good, 71% reading, 70% maths).

18 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Chilvers Coton Community Infant School (as of April 2026): 100% would recommend the school, 100% say their child is happy there and 100% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (100%); the weakest, that pupils behave well (94%).

83.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (63%), White British (15%) and other ethnic groups (10%).

In 2026, 44 pupils (21.8%) received SEN support and 10 (5%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Chilvers Coton Community Infant School had 10 teachers in 2026, one for every 16 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Nuneaton Rail Station, about 1130 metres away (roughly a 14-minute walk).

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Princes Avenue (adjacent), 220 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 509 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Warwickshire (88), as is usual near a town centre.

Chilvers Coton Community Infant School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.

The secondary schools closest to Chilvers Coton Community Infant School are St Thomas More Catholic Academy and Sixth Form College (0.3 miles), Etone College (0.9 miles), George Eliot Academy (0.9 miles) and Nuneaton Academy (1.3 miles).