Dorothy Gardner Nursery School
Nursery · London · W9 3JY
Data updated
Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)
The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.
Inspected 2 June 2026 · report published 22 September 2026
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71 pupils (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Local authority nursery school
- Age range
- 2–5
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 37.5% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 37.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 28.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 4.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- http://www.qpeyfed.org
- URN
- 101105
In figures
At its report-card inspection on 2 June 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Exceptional. It had 71 pupils at the 15 January 2026 census.
Special educational needs
Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.
- Speech, Language and Communication Needs
- Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Multi-Sensory Impairment
Provision type: Resourced provision.
- Resourced provision
- 24 of 24 places taken full, or over capacity
Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
Any other Black background 21% (Westminster 3%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 16% (Westminster 26%, England 3%) · Asian Bangladeshi 13% (Westminster 7%, England 2%) · Any other White background 13% (Westminster 16%, England 7%) · Black African 10% (Westminster 9%, England 5%) · White British 10% (Westminster 12%, England 60%) · Any other Asian background 8% (Westminster 3%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 8% (Westminster 9%, England 3%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Westminster 3%, England 1%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
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)
80% of teachers took sickness absence, 1 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Spending per pupil (2025-26)
Where the money went (2025-26)
Share of spending, with the median for nursery schools in brackets: Staff 73% (79%) · premises 6% (6%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (5%) · supplies and services 13% (8%) · educational supplies 2% (2%) · bought-in professional services 10% (3%) · catering 3% (0%)
Reserves (2025-26)
Revenue reserve £280,063; in-year balance -£78,111
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →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
- 2 June 2026: Exceptional
- 24 May 2022: Good
- 10 October 2018: Requires improvement
- 27 March 2018: School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next
Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 3/10more deprived than most of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 42.5% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 19.2% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 32.5% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 25.9% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 50.5% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 23.9% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 45.5% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 30.6% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 2.8% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 74.5% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 8.6% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 65% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01004718 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £651,0001,158 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £490,000–£862,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth 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
- 3an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 26an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 161an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 27an 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