Margaret McMillan Nursery School

State-Funded School

margaret-mcmillan-nursery-school-islington-london

LondonRegion

IslingtonLocal Authority

Islington NorthConstituency

N19 3SFPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Margaret McMillan Nursery School is a state-funded nursery for pupils aged 0–5, located in Islington, London.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 76 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 12 May 2026 · published 28 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

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

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Ethnicity

White

42%

Asian

Black

26%

Mixed

21%

Any other group

Pupils

Total Pupils

46%Boys

54%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

13%

England average

27%

First language not English

30%

England average

22%

Young carers

—

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Nursery
Age range: 0 – 5
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 76
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

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 19 October 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
4 Mar 2013	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.