Slough Centre Nursery School, Slough

Outstanding
Nursery
Local authority nursery school
Mixed
Ages 24

Data last updated 11 Sept 2026

Location

Key Information

DfE GIAS
Head:Mrs Aisha Lateef
Pupils:102
LA:Slough
Phone:01753521975
Address:Buckingham Avenue East, Slough, SL1 3EA
Federation:The TLC Nursery Federation
Admissions:Not applicable
Status:open

Ofsted Rating

Ofsted · 1 year ago
-

Overall

Outstanding

Quality of Education

Outstanding

Behaviour & Attitudes

Outstanding

Personal Development

Outstanding

Leadership & Management

Inspected 8 July 2025View full report
URN:109760
Diocese:Not applicable
Constituency:Slough
Urban/Rural:Urban: Nearer to a major town or city

Ofsted Insights

What This School Does Well

This nursery excels at helping every child, including those with additional needs, achieve highly and feel valued. Staff are exceptionally skilled at understanding how children learn best through play and know precisely how to move each child's learning forward. Children develop excellent listening, concentration and early literacy skills while building confidence, kindness and a love of learning.

Key Strengths

  • Ambitious, well-designed curriculum that builds on children's prior knowledge and keeps them engaged through play-based learning
  • Expert staff who skilfully observe children and know exactly when to support, extend or intervene in their learning
  • Outstanding support for children with SEND, who flourish and make excellent progress from their individual starting points
  • Strong focus on stories, rhymes and songs leading to children developing excellent communication and early writing skills
  • Excellent personal, social and emotional development provision that teaches children kindness, positive relationships and respect for different cultures

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with staff creating an open and positive culture that puts children's interests first.

Extracurricular Activities

Summer fair, family picnics

Slough Centre Nursery School is a warm, inclusive community where children get a great start to their education with exceptionally high expectations for every child. The school maintains a deeply embedded culture of kindness and professionalism that underpins all its work.

At a Glance

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Free School Meals

No

Boarding

Yes

Nursery

No

Sixth Form

OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder

SEN Provision

No

Special Measures

What Parents Think

19 responses
Would recommend100%
Child is happy100%
Well taught100%
Good progress79%
Feels safe95%
Well behaved90%
Bullying dealt with11%
Kept informed100%
Handles concerns68%
Wider development100%

Source: Ofsted Parent View - % who strongly agree or agree

Class Sizes

0.0

Avg class size

0

Total classes

2024/25 academic year

Getting There

Bus Stops

Buckingham Avenue Centre (o/s)
92m · 1 min walk
Bestobell Road (opp)
294m · 5 min walk
Northampton Avenue (W-bound)
321m · 5 min walk
Berkshire Avenue (opp)
328m · 5 min walk
Godolphin Junior Academy (opp)
439m · 7 min walk
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Capacity & Demand

Area Demand Pressure - Slough

High pressure
New homes approved:1,648
Projected new pupils:297

Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Slough

Admissions Demand - Slough

Low demand0.90x oversubscription

Places available

2,587

Applications

2,318

Got 1st preference

68.9%

Got preferred school

93.1%

Secondary admissions across Slough (2025/26)

Inspection History(7)

8 July 2025
Quality of EducationOutstanding
Behaviour & AttitudesOutstanding
Personal DevelopmentOutstanding
Leadership & ManagementOutstanding
26 March 2024
21 June 2018

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