South Acton Childrens Centre
0.6 miles125 pupils
State-funded · Nursery · Ealing
Maples Nursery School and Children's Centre
Local authority nursery school · Ages 2 to 5 · Mixed · 93 pupils
At a glance
- Type
- Local authority nursery school (state-funded)
- Phase
- Nursery
- Ages
- 2 to 5
- Gender
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 93 census January 2026
- Nursery classes
- Yes
- Headteacher
- Ms Zhana Zand
- Address
- East Churchfield Road, Acton, London, W3 7LL
- Borough
- Ealing
- Telephone
- 02087437128
- DfE reference (URN)
- 101858
- Website
- mapleschildrenscentre.com
Source: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools · daily extract as at 2026-10-07 · last checked 9 October 2026
Admissions
Nursery places are applied for directly, not through the Reception or Year 7 process. A nursery place does not guarantee a Reception place at any school.
Inspection
Ofsted report card, inspected 24 February 2026
Ofsted no longer gives a single overall grade. The report card grades each area on a five-point scale.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
Safeguarding standards: Met.
Ofsted graded inspection, 25 May 2023: overall effectiveness at that inspection was Requires improvement
Ofsted stopped giving state schools a single overall grade in September 2024. This grade dates from the inspection shown; it is not a current rating.
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
Source: Ofsted, Management information - state-funded schools - latest inspections as at 31 August 2026 · latest inspections as at 2026-08-31 · last checked 9 October 2026
Pupils and context
- Eligible for free school meals
- 0% January 2026
- English as an additional language
- 63.9%
- Receiving SEN support
- 12.1%
- With an Education, Health and Care Plan
- 0%
- Girls / boys
- 53% / 47%
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · school census 2024/25
Attendance and staffing
- Pupils per teacher
- 28.5 2025/26
Source: Department for Education, Pupil to teacher ratios - school level · 2025/26 (school workforce census, November 2025) · last checked 9 October 2026
Nearby schools
Schools covering the same ages within about a mile, by straight-line distance (not walking or travel time).
Compare with similar schools
Side-by-side comparisons with the nearest schools of the same type. Sourced facts only; no winner is declared.
- Maples Nursery School and Children's Centre and South Acton Childrens Centre0.6 miles apart
- Maples Nursery School and Children's Centre and Randolph Beresford Early Years Centre1.2 miles apart
- Maples Nursery School and Children's Centre and Vanessa Nursery School1.3 miles apart
- Maples Nursery School and Children's Centre and St Anne's & Avondale Park Nursery School2.0 miles apart