Nightingale Community Academy
Beechcroft Road, Tooting, London, SW17 7DF
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special sponsor led
- Ages
- 5 to 19
- Gender
- Boys
- Trust
- ORCHARD HILL COLLEGE ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Simon McBride
- Sponsor
- Orchard Hill College
- Constituency
- Tooting
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 120
- Pupils on roll
- 139
- URN
- 143175
- Local authority
- Wandsworth
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02088749096
About this school
Nightingale Community Academy is a boys' special academy in London. It teaches children aged 5 to 19 and has 139 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Nightingale Community Academy, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 7 | 9 | 10 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 14% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 86% | 33% | 10% |
| Expected standard in maths | 43% | 11% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 29% | 22% | 10% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 104.0 | 93.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99.0 | 95.0 | 86.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -4.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.30 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 18 | 16 | 12 |
| Attainment 8 score | 9.6 | 13.6 | 16.2 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.48 -2.25 to -0.72 | -1.47 -2.18 to -0.75 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 16.7% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.2 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Nightingale Community Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Wandsworth average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 14% | 62.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 65.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 65.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | Wandsworth average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.6 | 38.2 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 13.6 | 39.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 16.2 | 38 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 27.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 19.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 27.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 120 |
| 2023/24 | 133 |
| 2024/25 | 137 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report21 April 2026
- 14 September 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 83.48%
- English as an additional language
- 2.2%
- Overall absence
- 27.44%
- Persistent absence
- 63.2%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Finton House School0.2 miles
Independent schools
-
Wandsworth Hospital and Home Tuition Service0.4 miles
Local authority maintained schools · London
-
Chelsea Hall School0.6 miles
Special schools · London
-
Al Risalah Secondary School0.7 miles
Independent schools · London
-
Garratt Park School0.7 miles
Special schools · London
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Common questions
- What ages does Nightingale Community Academy teach?
- Nightingale Community Academy teaches children aged 5 to 19. It is a special school in London.
- Who is the headteacher of Nightingale Community Academy?
- The headteacher of Nightingale Community Academy is Mr Simon McBride, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Nightingale Community Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Nightingale Community Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Nightingale Community Academy?
- Nightingale Community Academy has 139 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 19.
- Is Nightingale Community Academy full?
- Nightingale Community Academy has capacity for 120 pupils and 139 on roll (116%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Nightingale Community Academy a faith school?
- No. Nightingale Community Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Nightingale Community Academy part of an academy trust?
- Nightingale Community Academy is part of ORCHARD HILL COLLEGE ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Nightingale Community Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 14% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Nightingale Community Academy's absence rate?
- Nightingale Community Academy's overall absence rate is 27.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Nightingale Community Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Nightingale Community Academy's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 15 July 2026.