Primary school in Nuneaton, Warwickshire
Michael Drayton Junior School
The Woodlands, Hartshill, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV10 0SZ
Ofsted
Standards maintained at the last ungraded inspection, on 8 May 2025.
Inspections since September 2024 do not give an overall grade, so there is no one-word judgement to report. The full report sets out what inspectors found.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 578
- Places
- 640
- How full
- 90% full — 578 of 640 places taken
- Girls / boys
- 286 / 292
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for North Warwickshire 005F, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 22%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 22%
- Households owning their home
- 66%
- Households in social housing
- 17%
- Households with no car
- 18%
- Adults economically inactive
- 41%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 7–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- CENTRAL ENGLAND ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Diane Compton-Belcher
- Local authority
- Warwickshire
- Ward
- Hartshill
- Constituency
- Nuneaton
- URN
- 152059
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nathaniel Newton Infant SchoolCommunity school | Good 2024 | — | 0.2 mi |
| Nursery Hill Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2023 | 63% | 0.9 mi |
| St Anne's Catholic AcademyAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 77% | 1 mi |
| Galley Common Infant SchoolCommunity school | Good 2023 | — | 1.1 mi |
| Camp Hill Primary SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 40% | 1.2 mi |
| St Paul's CofE Primary School, NuneatonVoluntary controlled school | Good 2023 | 41% | 1.7 mi |
| Park Lane Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 80% | 1.7 mi |
| Stockingford AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Good 2024 | 53% | 1.8 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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