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Nightingale Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Ashbourne Avenue, South Woodford, London E18 1PL · nightingale.redbridge.sch.uk · 020 8989 9987
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 79%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Redbridge 75%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.96 mi
- 1.55 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Sibling: All on time sibling applications offered · Redbridge Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 685
- 96% of 710 places
- Local authority
- Redbridge
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 7%
- First language not English
- 45.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered under “Sibling: All on time sibling applications offered” went to a home 0.96 mi (1.55 km) from the school. Its other admission rules have their own figures. Source: Redbridge Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 67 families put the school first and 89 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 89 | 67 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 90 | 85 | 0.9 | 92% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 89 | 96 | 1.1▲ | 86% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 90 | 103 | 1.1▲ | 82% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 90 | 75 | 0.8 | 88% |
Last distance offered
| Reception – Sibling: All on time sibling applications offered | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.96 mi1.55 km | |
| Reception – Distance: On time distance applications offered | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 1.82 mi2.93 km | |
| Reception – Distance | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 1.04 mi1.68 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 79% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 26% the higher standard. Across Redbridge it was 75%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲79% | 62% | ||
| ▲26% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲109 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ▲110 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Nightingale Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 10 October 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 10 Oct 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Feb 2010
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Feb 2010Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Sept 2006Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
91% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (120 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 91%
- Replies
- 120
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 75% who raised concerns
based on the 33% who had a child bullied