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Cippenham Village Nursery School

Nursery · ages 2-4MixedLocal authority nursery school131 pupilsNurserySlough
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredWe don't score this type of school.
OfstedStrong teachingOfsted report card, May 2026
Pupils from low-income families0%Far fewer than most schools
Pupils per teacher26.2School workforce census
Pupils on roll131Census January 2026

Cippenham Village Nursery School is a local authority nursery school in Slough for boys and girls aged 2 to 4. It has 131 pupils. About 0 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. Ofsted visited in May 2026 and gave it a report card, which is below.

St Andrews Way, Cippenham, Slough, SL1 5NL01628 661506cippenhamnurseryschool.co.ukMrs Nisha Gill headteacherAll details

What Ofsted found

Ofsted visited on 12 May 2026. Instead of one overall word, it now gives a grade for each part of school life. Read the full report on Ofsted's website.

TeachingOfsted calls this “curriculum and teaching”
Strong
Achievement
Strong
Behaviour and attendanceOfsted calls this “attendance and behaviour”
Strong
Support for every childOfsted calls this “inclusion”
Strong
WellbeingOfsted calls this “personal development and wellbeing”
Strong
LeadershipOfsted calls this “leadership and governance”
Strong
SafeguardingAre pupils kept safe?
Pupils are kept safe
Met
Ofsted's scale:ExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement

Ofsted says these new grades can't be lined up against the old one-word grades.

Earlier inspections (1)
DateTypeOutcome
16 November 2021S5 InspectionGood

Getting a place

Admissions policy not published.

Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Slough council's admissions booklet, send it to us.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll131Census January 2026
Pupils from low-income families0%0% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English38%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support12%16 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan0%0 pupils with a plan
Boys and girls63 / 68
White British pupils16%

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (13), Hearing impairment (1), Vision impairment (1).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll131149112116114117
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals0%0%0%0%0%0%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language38%38%24%35%33%42%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support8%21%21%1%21%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans0%0%0%0%0%

Staff

From the government's count of school staff in November 2025.

Teachers5.0full-time equivalent, 5 people
Pupils per teacher26.2Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers100%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants5.0full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£34,179
Teachers who left in the year0%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0
Sick days per teacher3.62024/25

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m40412 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate79 per 1,000 people14% lower than the England average
Typical house price£387,250Slough
Nearest bus stop60 mDennis Way, 11 stops within 500 m

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Cippenham SchoolAcademy220 m998Good 202326Compare
Al-Madani Independent Grammar SchoolIndependent (grammar)560 m94Not inspectedCompare
Al-Madani Girls SchoolIndependent800 m64Not inspectedCompare
Western House AcademyAcademy940 m679Good 202287Compare
Haybrook CollegeAcademy alternative provision converter960 m137No overall grade 2025Compare
Our Lady of Peace Catholic Primary and Nursery SchoolRoman Catholic0.7 miles395Not inspected79Compare
Priory SchoolFoundation0.7 miles591No overall grade 202418Compare
The Westgate SchoolAcademy0.9 miles1,273No overall grade 202533Compare

Questions parents ask

Is Cippenham Village Nursery School a good school?

Cippenham Village Nursery School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted's report card from May 2026 rated its teaching as strong.

What is Cippenham Village Nursery School's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted no longer gives schools one overall grade. When it visited on 12 May 2026 it rated teaching as strong, achievement as strong, behaviour and attendance as strong, leadership as strong.

How many pupils does Cippenham Village Nursery School have?

131 pupils aged 2 to 4 were on the roll in January 2026.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
St Andrews Way, Cippenham, Slough, SL1 5NL
Telephone
01628 661506
Website
www.cippenhamnurseryschool.co.uk
Headteacher
Mrs Nisha Gill
Type of school
Local authority nursery school (Local authority nursery school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Nursery school, ages 2-4, with nursery
Gender
Mixed
Local authority
Slough
Ward
Cippenham Green
Constituency
Slough
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
109762 · LAESTAB 8711022

Where these figures come from