Nightingale Primary School

Nightingale Primary School is performing strongly overall. Pupils achieve well across a broad curriculum, with above-average national outcomes in reading, writing and mathematics. Disadvantaged pupils do particularly well, outperforming non-disadvantaged peers nationally, and pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities or English as an additional language are supported effectively. Attendance is high and improving, behaviour is excellent, and pupils feel safe and happy. Early years, inclusion, leadership and governance, and personal development are notable strengths; safeguarding requirements are met. The main area for development is curriculum and teaching, which is not yet as consistently strong as the rest of the school. A small number of younger pupils with significant gaps in early reading, writing or mathematics do not have errors and misconceptions addressed quickly enough, so they do not catch up as swiftly as they could. Leaders should strengthen staff expertise to ensure these pupils receive consistently effective teaching and support. The school is part of the Maritime Academy Trust and serves a community with above-average free school meals eligibility and above-average location deprivation. Although the school is smaller than average, leaders use pupil premium funding and external partnerships well to meet pupils' needs and help them achieve from their starting points.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve above-average results in reading, writing and mathematics.
• Disadvantaged pupils outperform their non-disadvantaged peers nationally.
• Pupils with SEND and disadvantaged pupils build secure subject knowledge from their starting points.
• Attendance is high and improving, with clear expectations and strong work with families.
• Pupils behave very well; classrooms are calm and disruption is rare.
• Bullying and discrimination are not tolerated, and pupils feel safe.
• Early years provision is joyful, highly engaging and prepares children well for Year 1.
• Inclusion is strong: pupils are known well, needs are identified swiftly, and support is tailored effectively.
• Leadership and governance have a deep understanding of the school and fulfil statutory duties effectively.
• Staff feel positive, well supported and well trained, with a positive impact on workload and wellbeing.
• Personal development is ambitious, with strong community engagement and wide-ranging opportunities.
• The relationships curriculum and pastoral support are highly effective.
• Pupils with English as an additional language are supported very well and achieve well alongside their peers.
• Safeguarding standards are met, with an open culture in which pupils feel safe.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum and teaching is not yet as consistently strong as the rest of the school.
• A small number of younger pupils with significant gaps in early reading, writing or mathematics are not catching up quickly enough.
• Errors and misconceptions for these pupils are not routinely addressed promptly.
• Staff expertise needs strengthening so pupils with the most significant gaps receive consistently effective teaching and support.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Nightingale Primary School attended 96.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.9% of pupils at Nightingale Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Nightingale Primary School had 22.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 14.7% of pupils at Nightingale Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Nightingale Primary School received £8,934 and spent £8,949 for each of its 210 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £364,000 (£1,735 per pupil).

Across all 11 schools of Maritime Academy Trust, income was £9,896 and spending £9,406 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Greenwich · Greenwich local authority: places and applications

Nightingale Primary School is part of Maritime Academy Trust, which runs 13 schools. The nearest others:

• Timbercroft Primary School London
• Hook Lane Primary School Welling
• Brooklands Primary School London
• Millennium Primary School London
• Greenacres Primary School and Language Impairment Unit London
• Ebbsfleet Green Primary School Swanscombe
• Bligh Primary School (Juniors) Rochester
• Bligh Primary School (Infants) Rochester
• Barnsole Primary School Gillingham
• Danecourt School Gillingham

What is Nightingale Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Nightingale Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in June 2026.

When was Nightingale Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Nightingale Primary School was last inspected in June 2026.

How many pupils does Nightingale Primary School have?

Nightingale Primary School has 224 pupils on roll.

What age range does Nightingale Primary School cover?

Nightingale Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Nightingale Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 83% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Nightingale Primary School?

Nightingale Primary School is at Bloomfield Road, Woolwich, London, SE18 7JJ.