Nightingale Community Academy
Academy special sponsor led · Mixed · Wandsworth
Beechcroft Road, London, SW17 7DF
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Good
Graded 14/09/2022
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
72.6%
63.2% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
139
Capacity used
Has space58%
238 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Academy special sponsor led
- Age range
- 5–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Simon McBride
- Address
- Beechcroft Road, Tooting, London, SW17 7DF
- Phone
- 02088749096
- Local authority
- Wandsworth
- Ward / constituency
- Trinity · Tooting
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 143175
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 73% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 5% | — | — |
| SEN support | 0% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: ORCHARD HILL COLLEGE ACADEMY TRUST
139 pupils · 238 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 26
21 April 2026
S5 Inspection · report card
Inclusion Strong standard Achievement Strong standard Safeguarding standards Met Curriculum and teaching Expected standard Attendance and behaviour Strong standard Leadership and governance Strong standard Early years Not applicable Personal development and wellbeing Strong standard Post-16 provision Expected standard - 22
14 September 2022
Full graded inspection
Good overall effectivenessSixth form Good Personal development Good Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 125 pupils
Attendance
72.6%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
27.4%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
63.2%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
22.4%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
19.0%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
Primary results by subject (SATs)
Year 6 pupils meeting each standard, against England
Reading, writing & maths combined
Reading
Writing
Maths
Grammar, punctuation & spelling
Science
England average · Scaled scores run 80–120 (100 = expected standard).
Primary results over time
Expected standard (RWM) by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Expected standard (RWM) | 0% | 61% |
| Higher standard | 0% | 8% |
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 16.2 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 0% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 16.7% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 0% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 1.15 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 12 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2021/2022)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 24 | 0% | 8% | 8% | |
| Mathematics | 10 | 0% | 0% | 20% | |
| Social Studies | 10 | 0% | 10% | 20% | |
| Combined Science | 10 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| English Literature | 10 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.