Glendale Infant School, Nuneaton

From the headteacher's welcome: "We are a happy, thriving infant school situated on the Raywoods housing estate."

The school runs after-school care.

For September 2026 entry, 54 families put Glendale Infant School as their first choice and 109 named it as one of their preferences, for 68 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 Glendale Infant School are Croft Junior School (0.4 miles, Good, 63% reading, 67% maths); Queen's Church of England Academy (0.7 miles, Good, 71% reading, 70% maths); Chilvers Coton Community Infant School (0.7 miles, Good); and Middlemarch School (0.7 miles, Good, 53% reading, 69% maths).

In 2026, 62 pupils (23.9%) received SEN support and 11 (4.2%) 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.

Glendale Infant School has a resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs: 8 places, 5 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Bermuda Park Rail Station, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line.

21 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Ashdown Drive (adjacent), 120 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 270 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.

In 2024/25, Glendale Infant School issued 4 suspensions, 1.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Glendale Infant School are St Thomas More Catholic Academy and Sixth Form College (0.4 miles), Nuneaton Academy (0.6 miles), George Eliot Academy (1.3 miles) and Etone College (1.6 miles).