Dulwich Wood Nursery School
Dulwich Wood Nursery School is a local authority nursery school in London for boys and girls aged 2 to 5. It has 81 pupils. About 19 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit fewer than at most schools. Ofsted visited in February 2026 and gave it a report card, which is below.
Lyall Avenue, Dulwich, London, SE21 8QS020 7525 1192dulwichwood.comMs Helen Rowe headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted visited on 24 February 2026. Instead of one overall word, it now gives a grade for each part of school life. Read the full report on Ofsted's website.
Ofsted says these new grades can't be lined up against the old one-word grades.
Earlier inspections (1)
| Date | Type | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 10 June 2021 | Ungraded | School remains Good |
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Southwark council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
What parents say
From Ofsted's Parent View survey: 32 parents answered in the year to 6 April 2026. Parents choose whether to fill it in, and many only do so when an inspection is coming, so don't read too much into small differences. The England figures are the average for all schools with enough answers to publish.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (20), Autistic spectrum disorder (4), Other difficulty or disability (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 81 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 97 | 99 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 20% | 16% | 7% | 1% | 3% | 3% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 26% | 30% | 37% | 30% | 18% | 9% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 44% | 30% | 28% | 28% | 23% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 3% |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dulwich Wood Primary School | Council | 220 m | 417 | Good 2022 | 55 | Compare |
| Kingsdale Foundation School | Academy | 370 m | 2,550 | Outstanding 2023 | 93 | Compare |
| Dulwich Prep & Senior | Independent (grammar) | 490 m | 808 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Elm Wood School | Council | 850 m | 364 | No overall grade 2025 | 46 | Compare |
| Kingswood Primary School | Council | 880 m | 362 | No overall grade 2024 | 45 | Compare |
| Paxton Primary School | Council | 0.7 miles | 386 | Good 2024 | 46 | Compare |
| Dulwich College | Independent | 0.7 miles | 1,923 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Kelvin Grove Primary School | Council | 0.7 miles | 535 | Good 2023 | 46 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Dulwich Wood Nursery School a good school?
Dulwich Wood Nursery School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted's report card from February 2026 rated its teaching as strong.
What is Dulwich Wood Nursery School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted no longer gives schools one overall grade. When it visited on 24 February 2026 it rated teaching as strong, achievement as strong, behaviour and attendance as strong, leadership as strong.
How many pupils does Dulwich Wood Nursery School have?
81 pupils aged 2 to 5 were on the roll in January 2026.
What do parents say about Dulwich Wood Nursery School?
94% of the 32 parents who answered Ofsted's Parent View survey would recommend it to other parents, and 97% say their child is happy there. Across England, 84% of parents would recommend their child's school.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Lyall Avenue, Dulwich, London, SE21 8QS
- Telephone
- 020 7525 1192
- Website
- www.dulwichwood.com
- Headteacher
- Ms Helen Rowe
- Type of school
- Local authority nursery school (Local authority nursery school, local authority maintained schools)
- Phase
- Nursery school, ages 2-5, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Southwark
- Ward
- Dulwich Wood
- Constituency
- Dulwich and West Norwood
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 100769 · LAESTAB 2101035
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, consistent financial reporting 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.