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Main site address: Nightingale Community Academy, Beechcroft Road, Tooting, London SW17 7DF

Satellite site: Nightingale Priory Lane, Priory Lane, Roehampton SW15 5RT

Tel: 020 8874 9096

Email: info@nightingaleca.org

website: www.nightingaleca.org

Principal: Simon McBride

Academy Conversion: September 2016

Age Range: 5 to 19

Planned Number of Places in Funding Agreement: 238

Ofsted Inspection Report: Good (April 2026)

About Nightingale Community Academy

Nightingale Community Academy is a special school in Wandsworth for 238 learners with social emotional and mental health needs. The main site in Beechcroft Road has places for 166 boys aged 5 to 19 and the satellite site, Nightingale Priory Lane has places for up to 72 boys and girls aged 11-16 years.

Primary pupils benefit from a purpose-built classroom hub and outdoor adventure playground and access to weekly music lessons and a comprehensive therapy service. Secondary and post-16 students are offered a broad curriculum including vocational courses such as motor vehicle studies, construction, horticulture and hospitality. All pupils benefit from regular animal therapy at Tom’s Farm, which is located on the spacious school site.

In April 2026 Nightingale Community Academy opened an additional site for secondary aged boys and girls with Social Emotional and Health Needs, including those who may also have a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC), alongside other associated needs. The new site in Priory Lane has undergone extensive refurbishment and initially offers 24 places for secondary-aged pupils, with the potential to expand this number to 72 places within three years.

Staff at Nightingale Community Academy take pride in the development of young people in a safe and stimulating environment and are offered a rewarding and varied career in return. To find out more about us visit www.nightingaleca.org