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Nightingale Community Academy
All-through · Mixed · Ages 5–19 · Sponsored special academy
Beechcroft Road, Tooting, London SW17 7DF · nightingaleca.org · 020 8874 9096
On the mapSearch near SW17 7DF
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Apr 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 16.2
- average Attainment 8 score. Wandsworth 51.8, England 46
- Pupils
- 139
- 58% of 238 places
- Local authority
- Wandsworth
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 72.7%
- First language not English
- 4.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 16.2, and 0% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Wandsworth it was 51.8, and across England 46.
In 2024/25, 0% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across Wandsworth it was 69%, and across England 62%.
Key stage 2 results
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼0% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼93 | 106 | ||
| ▼86 | 105 | ||
| ▼90 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 131594)
hidden: too few pupils to publish
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼16.2 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼0.0% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼16.7% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼0.0% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼1.15 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| Further education | 18.8 | +4.5 |
| Other education | 75 | +10.7 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6.3 | −8 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Nightingale Community Academy on 21 April 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Post-16 provision: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Strong standard
- Inspected
- 21 Apr 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Strong standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Post-16 provision | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2022
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 131594), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Sept 2022Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Sixth form Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jan 2019Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good 16 to 19 study programmes Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Jan 2016Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate 16 to 19 study programmes Inadequate Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 131594)
What parents said
58% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (12 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 58%
- Replies
- 12
- 11% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 92% who raised concerns
based on the 58% who had a child bullied
based on 12 parents (100%) with SEND