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Millfields Community School and Nightingale Primary School

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What differs

  • Millfields Community School has 634 pupils; Nightingale Primary School has 384.
  • The two schools are 0.4 miles apart in a straight line.

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FactMillfields Community SchoolNightingale Primary School
The basics
TypeState-funded: Community school

DfE register

State-funded: Community school

DfE register

Ages3 to 11

DfE register

3 to 11

DfE register

GenderMixed

DfE register

Mixed

DfE register

Pupils634

DfE register

384

DfE register

BoroughHackney

DfE register

Hackney

DfE register

BoardingNo

DfE register

No

DfE register

Admissions for 2027
Next deadline to apply or register15 January 2027 (open)

school or council page

15 January 2027 (open)

school or council page

Applications and places, last round42 first preferences for 55 places

DfE, September 2026 entry

53 first preferences for 58 places

DfE, September 2026 entry

Cost
Published day feesNo tuition fees (state-funded)No tuition fees (state-funded)
Inspection
Latest inspectionOfsted ungraded inspection, 8 February 2024: School remains Good

Ofsted

Ofsted graded inspection, 8 June 2023: Good at that inspection

Ofsted

Results
Key stage 2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths69% (2024/25)

DfE

61% (2024/25)

DfE

Pupils
Eligible for free school meals26.5%

DfE register

57.7%

DfE register

English as an additional language34.5%

school census 2024/25

39.3%

school census 2024/25

Receiving SEN support13.2%

school census 2024/25

16.7%

school census 2024/25

Pupils per teacher22.5

DfE workforce census

16.6

DfE workforce census

Overall absence4.9%

DfE, 2024/25

6.3%

DfE, 2024/25

DfE register: Get Information About Schools, daily extract as at 2026-10-07. Other sources are named in each cell; every figure links to its source on the school's own page.

Shaded cells differ between the two schools. A blank is not a weakness: it means the figure has not been published, or does not apply to that type of school. Fees and results are not comparable between state and independent schools.

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