Nightingale Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · London, Hackney
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.699 miles
Published by Hackney Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
Nightingale Primary School is a primary school in London, Hackney for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 June 2023. Hackney has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Nightingale Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.699 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 1.246 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 2.683 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.395 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 3.403 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.454 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.294 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 2.512 mi |
| Reception 2018 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.699 miles away, the 13th shortest of 33 Hackney primary schools with a published last distance (the middle figure was 0.98 miles).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and nearer than in 2019; it has swung sharply between some years.
- For Reception in 2026 there were 53 first-choice applications for 58 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 61% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Hackney.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hackney schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Tiger Way, Hackney, London, E5 8NA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Hackney
- Pupils on roll
- 384 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 54.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 8 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this friendly and supportive school.”
- “They engage enthusiastically in lessons and the wide range of activities on offer.”
- “They achieve highly in many subjects, especially reading, writing and mathematics.”
To improve
- “In some subjects though, checking of pupils’ learning is less strong.”
- “In these cases, the activities set for pupils are less effective at developing their learning logically.”
- “Sometimes, pupils cannot recall precisely what they have learned.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 July 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 61% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 53 first-preference applications, 58 offers in total, 53 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Hackney.
- St Scholastica's Catholic Primary School 0.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Benthal Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Millfields Community School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Northwold Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Mossbourne Parkside Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Olive School, Hackney 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Rushmore Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Shacklewell Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published