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Rachel McMillan Nursery School and Children's Centre

Nursery · London · SE8 3EH

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Outstanding

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 4 March 2025

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At a glance

123 pupils (January 2026 census)

School type
Local authority nursery school
Age range
2–5
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
4.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
16.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
21.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.rachelmcmillannursery.co.uk
URN
100097

In figures

At its inspection on 4 March 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Outstanding. It had 123 pupils at the 15 January 2026 census.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 33% (Greenwich 26%, England 60%) · Any other White background 15% (Greenwich 14%, England 7%) · Black African 12% (Greenwich 21%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 9% (Greenwich 7%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 6% (Greenwich 3%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 5% (Greenwich 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 4% (Greenwich 2%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Greenwich 3%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 3% (Greenwich 3%, England 4%) · Any other Black background 3% (Greenwich 4%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Greenwich 2%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Greenwich 6%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Greenwich 1%, England 2%) · Not recorded 1% (Greenwich 1%, England 1%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
16
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

91% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 9% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

57.1% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.3 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £54,856; 25% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£18,869
Typical nursery school£13,398

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for nursery schools in brackets: Staff 79% (79%) · premises 7% (6%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (5%) · supplies and services 8% (8%) · educational supplies 2% (2%) · bought-in professional services 5% (3%) · catering 2% (0%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£791,794; in-year balance -£100,777

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher50.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications10.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work37.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways16%18.1%
Residents in very good health55.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier29.5%62.3%
Social housing38.2%17.1%
Privately rented32.1%20.5%
Detached houses1.7%22.9%
Flats82%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms4.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van56%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01033727 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£440,000866 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£346,000–£585,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (15)£753,000
Terraced (125)£780,000
Flat (722)£407,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
7an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
19an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
130an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
26an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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