Dulwich Wood Nursery School

State-Funded School

dulwich-wood-nursery-school-southwark-london

LondonRegion

SouthwarkLocal Authority

Dulwich and West NorwoodConstituency

SE21 8QSPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Dulwich Wood Nursery School is a state-funded nursery for pupils aged 2–5, located in Southwark, London.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 81 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 24 Feb 2026 · published 28 Apr 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Strong standard
Achievement
Strong standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Leadership and governance
Strong standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Ethnicity

White

37%

Asian

Black

22%

Mixed

27%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

20%

England average

27%

First language not English

26%

England average

22%

Young carers

—

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Nursery
Age range: 2 – 5
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 81
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 10 June 2021. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
27 May 2016	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.