Nursery school
The local Middleton Primary and Nursery School along with Fernwood Primary and Nursery School and Fernwood School are some of the better performing state schools within Nottingham City. The three Fernwood schools are the a family of academies all within close proximity. Fernwood school has secured funding to expand by 450 additional school places in 2018 with work starting in 2019. The School has an Ofsted 'Outstanding' rating, and is massively oversubscribed every year, with 2019 being the schools best GCSE results ever. With a number of new housing developments being planned in Wollaton (the old Siemens Factory and the site of the now closed Middletons Pub these extra pupil spaces will be needed. Fernwood Comprehensive also was where British actress Vicki McClure studied. Fernwood Primary and Nursery school has an Ofsted 'Good' rating; it achieved this in June 2019. Another secondary school in the area is Bluecoat Wollaton Academy.