Does anyone know much about Nightingale School in Haringey?

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My son was not offered any of our choices and offered this one even though our choice school was 0.6 miles from our house and this school is about 3 miles from our house.

Does anyone know/heard of this school?

We were offered the place in that school too. The ofstead reports are not good in my opinion, their average rating is Grade 3.
But I would like to know more from the parents, what can you tell?!
Thank you :)

I dont know about this school - which means (discouraging) that it is not talked of in my neck of the woods as a highly regarded school BUT
(encouraging) it mustnt have a terrible reputation either which I suppose fits in with the ofsted. Remember however that ofsted is a snapshot - its the TREND that you need to be looking at. Your child may well be in the school for seven years, and catching a school on a rising trend over that period is more important, strictly, than exactly where it is now.

Recall also that you can go on the waiting lists for closer schools and there will be quite a lot of movement on the lists before the autumn.

if you say roughly where you are I might be able to give nmore information.

nlondondad, the worrying thing is that Ofsted did their report in 2009 and then went back in October 2010 and reported by letter. The letter stated that the conditions of the school had got WORSE since their satisfactory ofsted.

The bit that concerned me is when they stated a large number of children entered the school with emotional and behavioural problems and this was carried through to later years. Also when it said that there was a high level of absenteeism due to parents taking their children out of the school to go on holiday etc. If the parents are unbothered what chance do the kids stand? Children told ofsted inspectors of playground bullying.

I live in Crouch End, and had applied to Coleridge, which I understand this year had a catchment of 0.291 miles (67 siblings, catchment less than last year)

I have rejected the offer and will be continuing my son at his present school. I am lucky I have a choice, but truth be told if I didn't I would have home schooled, as I would have found it preferable to sending him to a school where I have no confidence in the teaching.

I think it has been changed into an Academy now, which usually (but not always) leads to improving standards...

I must admit that I am rather surprised that Coleridge had MORE siblings than last year, when it had a lot. Hardly any consolation to you; looks like bad luck. I can only suggest that you go on waiting lists. However this information explains why I am starting to here of concern about places from people in the Crouch End area...

Slightly puzzled by your comment that you will be "continuing my son at his present school" as if he is already at at a school, why are you applying to reception for him? Or have I misunderstood something?

I know of at least one other mother in Crouch End - on a different Bulletin board - who says she is going to home school if wait lists do not work -her objection is not to the quality of the particular school she has been offered, but to the distance away.

nlondondad, my son is currently at a private nursey that have a private primary school attached to it, which I have enrolled him in.

I was hoping that with so many good schools in Crouch End we would have got a place with one of those but despite being less than a 5 minute from Coleridge we were still sent to one 1.8 miles away from us - on Googlemap it is not 3 miles like I first thought, although the journey towards Bounds Green would probably take us an hour anyway, not even imagining how I would then get to work!

To be honest I wasn't expecting any different from Haringey; the London borough renowned for looking after its children. I do however believe that parents from Crouch End are being penalised and wonder how so many of the children getting into Rokesley appear to be from outside the area.