Stockingford Maintained Nursery School, Nuneaton

Ofsted's report card from its 7 July 2026 inspection grades Stockingford Maintained Nursery School on 6 areas: 1 strong standard and 5 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Children's personal development and wellbeing are central to the school's work."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Children gain a range of knowledge and skills across different areas of learning."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders create a warm, nurturing environment in which children feel safe, valued and ready to learn."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders promote the philosophy that children's interests drive the curriculum and teaching."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders are determined to identify children who have barriers to learning that have not already been identified by professionals prior to the children arriving in school."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders have a clear and accurate understanding of the school's unique context, recognising both its strengths and the areas where further development would enhance provision."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should strengthen the monitoring of children's achievement across the curriculum to ensure that targets and subsequent support are effective in enabling all children to make the progress they are capable of from their individual starting points"; "Leaders should implement a consistent assessment cycle throughout the year so that teachers have an accurate understanding of children's knowledge, skills and understanding, enabling precise identification of starting points and next steps in learning for all groups of learners"; "Leaders should develop their evaluation and analytical skills so that they can accurately assess the school's effectiveness across all aspects of its work and use this information to drive continual improvement"; "Leaders should improve systems for recording, monitoring and analysing both qualitative and quantitative information, including attendance, punctuality and pupil progress data. Leaders should then analyse this information to drive further improvements across aspects of the school's work".

0% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, and 19.2% speak English as an additional language, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 16 pupils (15.4%) received SEN support and 6 (5.8%) had an education, health and care plan. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

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

16 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Whitehouse Crescent (opposite), 70 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Stockingford Maintained Nursery School 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 275 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.