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Slough Centre Nursery School

Nursery · Slough · SL1 3EA

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Outstanding

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 8 July 2025

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At a glance

102 pupils (January 2026 census)

School type
Local authority nursery school
Age range
2–4
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
0% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
64.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
26.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.sloughcentrenursery.co.uk
URN
109760

In figures

At its inspection on 8 July 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Outstanding. It had 102 pupils at the 15 January 2026 census.

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: Resourced provision.

Resourced provision
6 of 6 places taken full, or over capacity

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Asian Pakistani 44% (Slough 26%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 18% (Slough 26%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 8% (Slough 6%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 5% (Slough 4%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 5% (Slough 4%, England 2%) · White British 5% (Slough 10%, England 60%) · Black African 4% (Slough 5%, England 5%) · Not recorded 3% (Slough 2%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Slough 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Slough 1%, England 1%) · Any other White background 2% (Slough 9%, England 7%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Slough 1%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 1% (Slough 1%, England 1%) · White Irish 1% (Slough 0%, England 0%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
28.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £50,229; 33.3% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£12,654
Typical nursery school£13,398

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for nursery schools in brackets: Staff 73% (79%) · premises 14% (6%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (5%) · supplies and services 6% (8%) · educational supplies 2% (2%) · bought-in professional services 2% (3%) · catering 0% (0%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £406,914; in-year balance +£218,236

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher29.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications24.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work21.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways26.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health52%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier61.5%62.3%
Social housing8.7%17.1%
Privately rented29.6%20.5%
Detached houses6.6%22.9%
Flats15.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms30%21.1%
Households with no car or van18%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01016487 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£385,500150 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£259,000–£462,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (5)£525,000
Semi-detached (61)£445,000
Terraced (47)£380,000
Flat (37)£223,500

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
12an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
56an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
6an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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