Nursery · W9 · London

Dorothy Gardner Nursery School

293 Shirland Road, 293 Shirland Rd, London, W9 3JY

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OfstedGood

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedGood
Attendance (2024/25)Not published
Attainment (2024/25)–
Roll vs capacityCapacity not published
Pupils71

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Good

Report published 13 Jul 2022.

Inspection history

Improved from Requires improvement (10 Oct 2018).

  • Previous gradedRequires improvement

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in W9. Where we have them, council (Westminster) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
71
Free school meals
37.5%
2.2% below district average (39.7%)

Also: Westminster 29.1% · England 24%

SEN
32.9%
6.7% above district average (26.2%)

Also: Westminster 19.4% · England 19.6%

EAL
37.1%
13.5% below district average (50.6%)
Attendance
Not published

Also: Westminster 93% · England 93.4%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the W9 average; the darker bar is this school.

Attainment
–

Admissions

Applications and offers

Applications and offers are not published for this school in the DfE school-level data for September 2026 entry.

SourceDfE applications and offers, September 2026 entryPublished 18th of June 2026.

How full the building is

Roll versus published capacity
Capacity not published
Published capacity (GIAS)
Not published
Pupils on roll
71

Pupils on roll compared with the capacity published in GIAS. This is about building size, not applications or offers, and it is not a guarantee of a place.

Applications and offers come from DfE. Last distance offered and catchment areas are not published nationally. Your council admissions booklet has those details.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Westminster page.

SEN support

SEN %
32.9%
On-site provision
Resourced provision · SLCN, ASD, MSI

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Schools near Dorothy Gardner Nursery School

Distances are in a straight line from this school. They are not catchment areas.

Other nearby schools

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Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Oct 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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