The Nest, Stoke-on-Trent
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 4 months agoReport card - no overall grade (new Ofsted framework from Sep 2024)
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
The Nest creates a warm, welcoming environment where pupils who have struggled in mainstream schools thrive and feel truly valued. Staff know each pupil exceptionally well and provide tailored support that helps them develop confidence, gain qualifications, and take positive next steps. The school successfully helps pupils manage their behaviour and emotions, with older pupils becoming excellent role models who demonstrate independent, positive choices.
Key Strengths
- Pupils make excellent progress in literacy and numeracy, closing knowledge gaps and gaining key qualifications
- Attendance and behaviour are consistently positive with staff providing effective early intervention
- Curriculum is precisely designed to meet pupils' needs with engaging out-of-classroom activities like fieldwork and cooking
- All pupils feel safe and form trusting relationships with staff and peers
- Comprehensive wellbeing support including personalised wellbeing plans for each pupil
Areas for Improvement
- Continue to build on new approaches to reading to further improve pupils' knowledge and skills
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met with an open and positive culture where all legal requirements are fulfilled, and pupils are made safer and feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Fieldwork for geography, shopping for personal financial skills practice, cooking for special events, trips to museums, places of work and places of worship, careers programme
The Nest is a specialist independent school for pupils with SEND and disrupted education histories, located in Stoke-on-Trent. The school has been rated as meeting strong standards across all areas of inspection.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Class Sizes
0.0
Avg class size
0
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
80%
Available places
24 pupils
30 capacity
6 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Stoke-on-Trent
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Stoke-on-Trent
Admissions Demand - Stoke-on-Trent
Places available
3,160
Applications
3,413
Got 1st preference
86.5%
Got preferred school
96.1%
Secondary admissions across Stoke-on-Trent (2025/26)
Inspection History(5)
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SEN Provision
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Pupil Demographics
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Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
The Nest
St Mary's Church of England Primary School
The Oaks
St Wilfrid's Catholic Academy
Saint Nathaniel's Academy
Summerbank Primary Academy
Mill Hill Primary Academy
Moorpark Junior School
Jackfield Infant School
The Valiant School
Star Academy, Sandyford
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