Norcot Early Years Centre

State-Funded School

norcot-early-years-centre-reading-south-east

South EastRegion

ReadingLocal Authority

Reading West and Mid BerkshireConstituency

RG30 6UBPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Norcot Early Years Centre is a state-funded nursery for pupils aged 2–5, located in Reading, South East.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 118 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

35%

Asian

38%

Black

11%

Mixed

12%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

118

Total Pupils

59%Boys

41%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

21%

England average

27%

First language not English

41%

England average

22%

Young carers

—

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Nursery
Age range: 2 – 5
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 118
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Outstanding

Ungraded inspection on 14 May 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
17 Nov 2014	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.