Chelwood Nursery School, London
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 5 years agoOverall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Chelwood creates a warm, welcoming environment where children settle quickly and thrive from day one. The school's dedicated staff carefully plan learning around each child's unique interests and needs, tracking progress meticulously and sharing detailed, insightful feedback with parents. As a national teaching school, Chelwood also shares its outstanding early years practice with other schools and local authorities.
Key Strengths
- Excellent progress for all children with strong monitoring systems tracking individual achievement across all curriculum areas
- Exceptionally well-planned curriculum linked to children's interests with stimulating learning across all early years areas
- Highly effective transition activities including home visits and 'stay and play' sessions that help children settle quickly and happily
- Skillful staff support, professional development and coaching ensuring consistently high-quality teaching and learning
- Strong home-school relationships with frequent opportunities for staff and parents to communicate
Areas for Improvement
- Improve communication to parents and the wider community about the impact of early years pupil premium funding
- Ensure more eligible three- and four-year-olds are swiftly identified for pupil premium funding
- Make information about pupil premium funding more widely accessible through the school's website
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is effective, with a strong culture where everyone is responsible for children's welfare, secure premises limiting visitor access, clear mobile phone and camera policies, and staff trained to understand a wide range of welfare concerns including extremism, radicalisation, and abuse.
Extracurricular Activities
Home visits, stay and play sessions, July fun day
Chelwood Nursery School continues to be outstanding, with leadership that has maintained exceptional quality of education since the last inspection in 2011. The school has successfully implemented improved monitoring systems to ensure all children make excellent progress across the early years curriculum.
At a Glance
4.8%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Class Sizes
0.0
Avg class size
0
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Area Demand Pressure - London
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Admissions Demand - Lewisham
Places available
2,251
Applications
2,923
Got 1st preference
63.9%
Got preferred school
93.5%
Secondary admissions across Lewisham (2025/26)
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