Ark Bolingbroke Academy
Free schools · sixth form · 793 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 60.2
Academy special sponsor led
Nightingale Community Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 139of 238 places
- Free school meals
- 72.7%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 12
- Ofsted
- Report card, 21 April 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Expected standardAchievement Strong standardAttendance and behaviour Strong standardPersonal development and wellbeing Strong standardInclusion Strong standardLeadership and governance Strong standardPost-16 provision Expected standardSafeguarding Met
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Nightingale Community Academy (URN 131594, until 22 July 2016).
What the data says
Of the 18 pupils who finished Year 11 at Nightingale Community Academy in 2023, 0% stayed on in Nightingale Community Academy’s own sixth form (Wandsworth average 66%), 33% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 16.2 against 46.1 across England and 51.8 in Wandsworth, with 0% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Wandsworth and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | This school | Wandsworth | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 18 | 2,099 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 89% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 89% | 92% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 66% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 4% | 13% |
| — further education college | 33% | 16% | 37% |
| — other education | 56% | 5% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 0% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 11% | 3% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Wandsworth | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 16.2 | 51.8 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 57% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 17% | 73% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 62% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 1.15 | 4.86 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 100% | 37% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 16.2 | 41.2 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | — | 58.2 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 0% | 39% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 24 | 100% | 89% | 0% | 20% | 8% |
| English Literature | 10 | 83% | 86% | 0% | 21% | 20% |
| Mathematics | 10 | 83% | 88% | 0% | 22% | 20% |
| Citizenship Studies | 10 | 83% | 3% | 0% | 19% | 20% |
| Combined Science | 10 | 83% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 0% |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 8 | — | — |
| Music Technology (Electronic) | 1 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Wandsworth
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Burntwood School
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Chestnut Grove Academy
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95% stayed in education · Attainment 8 55.1
Ernest Bevin Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 572 pupils
91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.6
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.