Maples Nursery School and Children's Centre
Maples Nursery School and Children's Centre is a local authority nursery school in London for boys and girls aged 2 to 5. It has 93 pupils. About 0 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. Ofsted visited in February 2026 and gave it a report card, which is below.
East Churchfield Road, Acton, London, W3 7LL020 8743 7128mapleschildrenscentre.comMs Zhana Zand headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted visited on 24 February 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.
Ofsted says these new grades can't be lined up against the old one-word grades.
Earlier inspections (1)
| Date | Type | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 25 May 2023 | Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools | Requires improvement |
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 Ealing council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
What parents say
From Ofsted's Parent View survey: 13 parents answered in the year to 6 April 2026. Parents choose whether to fill it in, and many only do so when an inspection is coming, so don't read too much into small differences. The England figures are the average for all schools with enough answers to publish.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (6), emotional and mental health (2).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 93 | 83 | 89 | 101 | 97 | 96 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 67% | 64% | 70% | 74% | 67% | 63% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 12% | 17% | 23% | 14% | 12% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
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.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ark Byron Primary Academy | Free school | 220 m | 412 | Good 2024 | 86 | Compare |
| East Acton Primary School | Council | 450 m | 202 | Good 2022 | 57 | Compare |
| Derwentwater Primary School | Council | 570 m | 431 | Not inspected | 57 | Compare |
| Ark Priory Primary Academy | Academy | 580 m | 439 | No overall grade 2025 | 93 | Compare |
| Snowflake School | Independent | 880 m | 43 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Southfield Primary School | Council | 900 m | 372 | Outstanding 2023 | 100 | Compare |
| Greek Primary School of London | Independent | 930 m | 25 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| St Vincent's Catholic Primary School | Academy | 930 m | – | Outstanding 2023 | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Maples Nursery School and Children's Centre a good school?
Maples Nursery School and Children's Centre doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted's report card from February 2026 rated its teaching as as expected.
What is Maples Nursery School and Children's Centre's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted no longer gives schools one overall grade. When it visited on 24 February 2026 it rated teaching as as expected, achievement as as expected, behaviour and attendance as strong, leadership as as expected.
How many pupils does Maples Nursery School and Children's Centre have?
93 pupils aged 2 to 5 were on the roll in January 2026.
What do parents say about Maples Nursery School and Children's Centre?
100% of the 13 parents who answered Ofsted's Parent View survey would recommend it to other parents, and 92% say their child is happy there. Across England, 84% of parents would recommend their child's school.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- East Churchfield Road, Acton, London, W3 7LL
- Telephone
- 020 8743 7128
- Website
- mapleschildrenscentre.com
- Headteacher
- Ms Zhana Zand
- Type of school
- Local authority nursery school (Local authority nursery school, local authority maintained schools)
- Phase
- Nursery school, ages 2-5, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Ealing
- Ward
- East Acton
- Constituency
- Ealing Central and Acton
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 101858 · LAESTAB 3071000
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, consistent financial reporting 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.