State-funded · Nursery · Southwark
Dulwich Wood Nursery School
Local authority nursery school · Ages 2 to 5 · Mixed · 81 pupils
At a glance
- Type
- Local authority nursery school (state-funded)
- Phase
- Nursery
- Ages
- 2 to 5
- Gender
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 81 census January 2026
- Nursery classes
- Yes
- Headteacher
- Ms Helen Rowe
- Address
- Lyall Avenue, London, SE21 8QS
- Borough
- Southwark
- Telephone
- 02075251192
- DfE reference (URN)
- 100769
- Website
- dulwichwood.com
Source: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools · daily extract as at 2026-10-07 · last checked 9 October 2026
Admissions
Nursery places are applied for directly, not through the Reception or Year 7 process. A nursery place does not guarantee a Reception place at any school.
Inspection
Ofsted report card, inspected 24 February 2026
Ofsted no longer gives a single overall grade. The report card grades each area on a five-point scale.
- 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
Safeguarding standards: Met.
Ofsted ungraded inspection, 10 June 2021: School remains Good
An ungraded inspection confirms or questions the previous grade; it does not set a new one.
Last overall grade: Good, given on 10 May 2016
Historic. This is the last time Ofsted gave the school a single overall grade. Overall grades were abolished for state schools in September 2024.
Source: Ofsted, Management information - state-funded schools - latest inspections as at 31 August 2026 · latest inspections as at 2026-08-31 · last checked 9 October 2026
Pupils and context
- Eligible for free school meals
- 18.8% January 2026
- English as an additional language
- 30%
- Receiving SEN support
- 43.8%
- With an Education, Health and Care Plan
- 0%
- Girls / boys
- 46% / 54%
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · school census 2024/25
Attendance and staffing
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.3 2025/26
Source: Department for Education, Pupil to teacher ratios - school level · 2025/26 (school workforce census, November 2025) · last checked 9 October 2026
Compare with similar schools
Side-by-side comparisons with the nearest schools of the same type. Sourced facts only; no winner is declared.
- Dulwich Wood Nursery School and Holmewood Nursery School2.1 miles apart
- Dulwich Wood Nursery School and Triangle Nursery School2.2 miles apart
- Dulwich Wood Nursery School and Effra Nursery School and Children's Centre2.2 miles apart
- Dulwich Wood Nursery School and Chelwood Nursery School2.5 miles apart