Michael Drayton Junior School
The Woodlands, Hartshill, Nuneaton, CV10 0SZ
This school is closed (it closed in August 2025).
It was replaced by Michael Drayton Junior School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Diane Compton-Belcher
- Constituency
- Nuneaton
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 640
- Pupils on roll
- 595
- URN
- 125512
- Local authority
- Warwickshire
About this school
Michael Drayton Junior School was a community primary school in Nuneaton. It taught children aged 7 to 11 and had 595 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Michael Drayton Junior School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 155 | 148 | 152 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 52% | 53% | 60% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 9% | 1% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 68% | 68% | 76% |
| Expected standard in maths | 62% | 68% | 72% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 65% | 73% | 70% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 103.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.80 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Michael Drayton Junior School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Warwickshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 52% | 58.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 53% | 58.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 60% | 59.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 580 |
| 2023/24 | 584 |
| 2024/25 | 595 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Michael Drayton Junior School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 40% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 60% | 6% | 34.3% | 595 | — |
| Michael Drayton Junior School | — | — | — | 578 | 0.0 miles |
| Nathaniel Newton Infant School | — | 7.1% | 39.8% | 251 | 0.2 miles |
| Nursery Hill Primary School | 63% | 9.9% | 41.8% | 171 | 0.9 miles |
| St Anne's Catholic Academy | 77% | 5.8% | 44.8% | 240 | 1.0 miles |
| Galley Common Infant School | — | 4.5% | 17.1% | 137 | 1.1 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 34.29%
- English as an additional language
- 8.2%
- Overall absence
- 5.99%
- Persistent absence
- 17.35%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Michael Drayton Junior School0.0 miles
Primary · Nuneaton
-
Nathaniel Newton Infant School0.2 miles
Primary · Nuneaton
-
Nursery Hill Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Nuneaton
-
St Anne's Catholic Academy1.0 miles
Primary · Nuneaton
-
Galley Common Infant School1.1 miles
Primary · Nuneaton
Other schools in Nuneaton
- Abbey CofE Infant School Primary
- All Saints CofE Primary School and Nursery, Nuneaton Primary
- Barlestone Church of England Primary School Primary
- Camp Hill Primary School Primary
- Chetwynd Junior School Primary
- Chilvers Coton Community Infant School Primary
- Congerstone Primary School Primary
- Croft Junior School Primary
- Dove Bank Primary School Primary
- Galley Common Infant School Primary
- Glendale Infant School Primary
- Higham-on-the-Hill Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Michael Drayton Junior School teach?
- Michael Drayton Junior School taught children aged 7 to 11. It was a primary school in Nuneaton.
- Has Michael Drayton Junior School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Michael Drayton Junior School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Michael Drayton Junior School?
- Michael Drayton Junior School had 595 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- How have Michael Drayton Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 52% in 2022/23 and 60% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Michael Drayton Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Michael Drayton Junior School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 31 August 2025.