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Stockingford Academy, Nuneaton

Good
Primary
Academy sponsor led
Mixed
Ages 3–11

Stockingford Academy is a primary school for pupils aged 3 to 11 in Nuneaton, part of Inspire Education Trust. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in January 2024. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 19th-highest of the 22 schools in Nuneaton with published results, and 12,107th of 14,452 across England. It was 59% full in 2025.

SATs results
Below England average
Ofsted
Good (2024)
Demand
Oversubscribed
Attendance
Below England average
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Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days

Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Warwickshire (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.

Data last updated 26 Oct 2026

Stockingford Academy in detail

Results

In 2025, 61% of Year 6 pupils at Stockingford Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 67% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 74% in Warwickshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (63% in reading, 67% in maths).

Getting a place at Stockingford Academy

For September 2026 entry, 30 families put Stockingford Academy as their first choice and 77 named it as one of their preferences, for 32 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 1 family who put it first was not offered a place there.

Admissions history and your chances at Stockingford Academy

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to Stockingford Academy are St Paul's CofE Primary School, Nuneaton (0.2 miles, Good, 71% reading, 59% maths); Croft Junior School (0.6 miles, Good, 63% reading, 67% maths); Glendale Infant School (0.8 miles, Good); and Park Lane Primary School (0.9 miles, Good, 83% reading, 85% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Stockingford Academy.

St Paul's CofE Primary School, NuneatonCroft Junior SchoolGlendale Infant SchoolPark Lane Primary School

The trust

Stockingford Academy is one of 8 schools run by Inspire Education Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 55% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

All 8 schools in Inspire Education Trust

Who goes there

51.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 143 pupils (29.1%) received SEN support and 45 (9.1%) 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.

Stockingford Academy has a resourced provision (16 places, 8 pupils on roll) and a SEN unit (8 places, 8 pupils on roll) for autism and social, emotional and mental health needs.

Getting there

The nearest railway station is Nuneaton Rail Station, about 1.8 miles away in a straight line.

19 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Stockingford Infant School (adjacent), 60 metres away.

The area around the school

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Stockingford Academy stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 262 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Warwickshire (88), as is usual near a town centre.

Suspensions and exclusions

In 2024/25, Stockingford Academy issued 44 suspensions, 8.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 3 permanent exclusions.

Secondary schools nearby

The secondary schools closest to Stockingford Academy are Nuneaton Academy (0.3 miles), St Thomas More Catholic Academy and Sixth Form College (1.1 miles) and Hartshill Academy (1.6 miles).

Nuneaton AcademySt Thomas More Catholic Academy and Sixth Form CollegeHartshill Academy

Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics

Location

Likely (~461m)Possible (~659m)Unlikely (~857m)

Our estimate from how close the nearest similar schools are and how oversubscribed the council's schools are. It is not a published boundary.

Key Information

DfE GIAS
Head:Mr Matt Woods
Pupils:492
LA:Warwickshire
Phone:02476382277
Address:Cross Street, Nuneaton, CV10 8JH
Trust:INSPIRE EDUCATION TRUST (8 schools)
Status:open
Opened:1 September 2019

Ofsted Rating

Ofsted · 3 years ago
Good

Overall

Good

Quality of Education

Good

Behaviour & Attitudes

Good

Personal Development

Good

Leadership & Management

Good

Early Years

Inspected 23 January 2024View full report
URN:147164
UKPRN:10084216
Diocese:Not applicable
Constituency:Nuneaton
Urban/Rural:Urban: Nearer to a major town or city

Ofsted Insights

Ofsted rated this school Good at its January 2024 inspection.

Rated Good for

Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes, Personal development, Leadership & management, Early years.

At a Glance

51.4%

Free School Meals

No

Boarding

Yes

Nursery

No

Sixth Form

Resourced provision and SEN unit: Autism, SEMH

SEN Provision

No

Special Measures

Primary Performance (KS2)

Academic year 2024/25

KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)

2024
2025
Reading-2ppMathsWriting-4pp

Reading has remained stable at around 61% (2024 to 2025). Maths has remained stable at around 67% (2024 to 2025). Writing has declined from 69% to 65% (2024 to 2025).

Class Sizes

26.4

Avg class size

28.7

Infant (KS1)

27.2

KS2

17

Total classes

1 class with more than 30 pupils

2025/26 academic year

How Does This School Compare?

Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools

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Before and after school care

Stockingford Academy is on the Department for Education's free breakfast clubs programme (list updated July 2026), which pays for a free breakfast club for pupils before school. Source: Free breakfast clubs: schools on the programme, Department for Education Free breakfast clubs in Warwickshire

Term dates

Stockingford Academy is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Warwickshire's term dates for its community schools.

Getting There

Bus Stops

Stockingford Infant School (Adj)
58m · 1 min walk
Church Road (Nr)
153m · 2 min walk
Whitehouse Crescent (Opp)
181m · 3 min walk
Parish Hall (Adj)
246m · 4 min walk
Bede Road (Opp)
257m · 4 min walk

Free school transport

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You apply to the council where you live. Stockingford Academy is in Warwickshire; for families living there:

Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
18
Fatal
0
Serious
4
Children hurt
4

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 18 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 14 slight.

4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot, 1 on a bicycle and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.

0 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.

The typical figure for schools in Warwickshire is 7 (the median across 286 schools, same distance and years).

Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Your chances of a place at Stockingford Academy

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Capacity & Demand

School Occupancy

59%

Available places

494 pupils

840 places

346 spare places in 2025

2025, DfE school capacity data

Area Demand Pressure - Nuneaton

Medium pressure
New homes approved:3,569
Projected new pupils:892

Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Nuneaton

Across Warwickshire council

Low demand council-wide0.87 applications per place

Places available

7,199

Applications

6,281

Got 1st preference

88.1%

Got preferred school

98.1%

All primary applications across Warwickshire council (2026/27), not just this school.

This school: Oversubscribed

Inspection History(2)

23 January 2024
Quality of EducationGood
Behaviour & AttitudesGood
Personal DevelopmentGood
Leadership & ManagementGood
Early YearsGood
18 September 2018
Inadequate
Leadership & ManagementInadequate

SEND & SEN Provision

SEN Overview

143

SEN Support

45

EHC Plans

38.2%

of Total Pupils

2026 academic year

Provision & Specialist Facilities

Stockingford Academy has a resourced provision (16 places, 8 pupils on roll) and a SEN unit (8 places, 8 pupils on roll) for autism and social, emotional and mental health needs.

Source: GIAS, Department for Education.

Resourced Provision

Pupils by Need Type

Speech, Language & Communication86
Autistic Spectrum Disorder43
Social, Emotional & Mental Health31
Moderate Learning Difficulty15
Other8
Physical Disability3
Specific Learning Difficulty1
Hearing Impairment1
EHC Plan
SEN Support

Pupil Demographics

Ethnicity

White British
64.8%
Asian
5.7%
Black
7.5%
Mixed
7.5%
Chinese
0.2%
Other
2.2%
Unclassified
1.4%

2026 academic year

Key Indicators

Free School Meals51.4%
English as Additional Language17.5%

492

Total Pupils

244

Boys

248

Girls

2026 academic year

Workforce

28

Teachers

17.6:1

Pupil-teacher ratio

£49,073

Mean salary

2026 data

School Funding

£5,898

Per pupil

£3457k

Total funding

£362k

Pupil premium

Deprivation£533,777
EAL funding£38,242
Lump sum£146,161

2025-26 financial year allocations

Pupil Absence
2024/25

6.8%

Overall absence

21.6%

Persistent absence

459

Enrolments

Authorised4.2%
Unauthorised2.6%
Persistent (10%+)21.6%
Severe (50%+)3.5%

Absence trend

5.4%
20/21
8.0%
21/22
8.3%
22/23
7.2%
23/24
6.8%
24/25
Overall absence rate

Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.

Secondary Schools Nearby

Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to

Questions parents ask about Stockingford Academy

What are SATs results like at Stockingford Academy?

Of the pupils at Stockingford Academy who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 61% reached the expected standard in reading and 67% did so in maths.

What is Stockingford Academy's Ofsted rating?

Stockingford Academy was rated Good at its most recent Ofsted inspection in January 2024. At its previous graded inspection in 2018 it was rated Inadequate.

What is the catchment area for Stockingford Academy?

No fixed boundary. When Stockingford Academy is oversubscribed, Warwickshire allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.

Is it hard to get a place at Stockingford Academy?

Stockingford Academy was not full in 2025: it ran at 59% of its 840 places.

How big are the classes at Stockingford Academy?

Classes at Stockingford Academy average 26.4 pupils (2025/26). 1 class has more than 30 pupils - infant classes are capped at 30 by law, with limited exceptions.

How many pupils go to Stockingford Academy?

Stockingford Academy has around 492 pupils on roll. 51% are eligible for free school meals.

Does Stockingford Academy have specialist SEN provision?

Stockingford Academy has a resourced provision (16 places, 8 pupils on roll) and a SEN unit (8 places, 8 pupils on roll) for autism and social, emotional and mental health needs.

What is attendance like at Stockingford Academy?

6.8% of sessions were missed at Stockingford Academy in 2024/25. 21.6% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

How do I apply to Stockingford Academy?

Apply through Warwickshire's coordinated admissions process, naming Stockingford Academy on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.

Does Stockingford Academy have a breakfast club or after-school club?

Stockingford Academy is on the Department for Education's free breakfast clubs programme (list updated July 2026), which pays for a free breakfast club for pupils before school.

How many road collisions happen near Stockingford Academy?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 18 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 14 slight. 4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot, 1 on a bicycle and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 0 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Warwickshire is 7 (the median across 286 schools, same distance and years).

Where is Stockingford Academy?

Stockingford Academy is at Cross Street, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV10 8JH.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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