Middlemarch School, Nuneaton

From the headteacher's welcome: "Middlemarch School is an inclusive Junior school for pupils in years 3 - 6, aged 7 - 11 years. It is close to Nuneaton town centre, with two classes in Year 6 and one class in years 3 to 5. We welcome children from diverse backgrounds many of whom have English as an additional language."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, tennis, dance and gardening.

The school runs a breakfast club from 8:00am and after-school care, from £3.00 per session.

In 2025, 53% of Year 6 pupils at Middlemarch School reached the expected standard in reading and 69% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 74% in Warwickshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 53% in reading and 53% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

Across Warwickshire, 88% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 98% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in Warwickshire lodged 229 appeals against primary school offers; 146 reached a hearing and 18 succeeded (12.3% of those heard).

The nearest other state primary schools to Middlemarch School are All Saints CofE Primary School and Nursery, Nuneaton (0.3 miles, Good, 55% reading, 59% maths); Wembrook Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 76% reading, 87% maths); Chilvers Coton Community Infant School (0.4 miles, Good); and Our Lady & St. Joseph Catholic Academy (0.5 miles, Outstanding, 84% reading, 86% maths).

Middlemarch School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

14 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Middlemarch School (as of September 2025): 71% would recommend the school, 79% say their child is happy there and 57% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child does well at the school (93%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (57%).

42.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 46.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (37%), Asian (17%) and other ethnic groups (15%).

In 2026, 29 pupils (18.6%) received SEN support and 16 (10.3%) 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 autism.

Middlemarch School has a resourced provision for autism: 8 places, 8 pupils on roll.

Middlemarch School had 12 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 Bermuda Park Rail Station, about 1100 metres away (roughly a 14-minute walk).

14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Featherstone Close (opposite), 110 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Middlemarch School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 416 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, Middlemarch School issued 42 suspensions, 22.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 2 permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Middlemarch School are St Thomas More Catholic Academy and Sixth Form College (0.5 miles), George Eliot Academy (0.6 miles), Etone College (1.2 miles) and Nuneaton Academy (1.3 miles).