News

Fame for our Oxford Sandy and Black Pigs!

Our Farm Manager, Josh, switched farm for screen recently when he turned his hand to writing for the official Oxford Sandy and Black Pig Group website. The group’s site gives in-depth information all about these beautiful pigs, and Tom contributed a …
17th January 2019

Christmas Celebrations

Festivities were in full flow last week at Nightingale Community Academy. Students celebrated by wearing their favourite Christmas jumpers and having Christmas lunch! Christmas snacks and goods went down extremely well and raffle tickets were selling like hot cakes! Headteacher …
20th December 2018

Trip to Greenwich Royal Observatory!

Students from Nightingale Community Academy visited Greenwich Royal Observatory. Students Bradley and Brandon did a write up on the trip: We left the school grounds and went to Tooting Bec Station. We took the London Underground to Bank and the DLR …
26th November 2018

Annual Trip to Jamie’s Farm!

Students from Nightingale Community Academy returned to Jamie’s Farm after such a successful trip last year. Jamie’s Farm is a provider who offer ‘farming, family and therapy’ through a short residential stay and follow up programme. Their aim is to re-engage …
26th November 2018

Celebrating Halloween

Students at Nightingale came together for some spooky Halloween celebrations. There was music, dancing, a great selection of refreshments and even some pumpkin carving! Lower School had a pumpkin carving competition, you can see some of the favorites in the …
22nd November 2018

Tranformation of the farm!

Our new recruit Josh the Farm Manager has been working hard on our farm over the summer. This has meant we have been able to expand our ever growing family of animals. The farm now makes home to many new Rare …
4th October 2018

Learning Animation at NCA

Students from Nightingale Community Academy have been working with Chocolate Film Workshops, a company who are aiming to create a new generation of young filmmakers. They have been working on a special project to put everything they learnt throughout the …
4th October 2018

A day at the Farm!

Staff from a local bank approached Nightingale Community Academy about coming to the School for a charity day, in which they could help out in any way that was needed. The team were looking for something in which they could …
4th October 2018

Harlequins host their first ever Rugby Festival for SEND pupils

Excited pupils and staff arrived at a sunny Twickenham ready for a fun rugby festival event. The Harlequins Foundation opened The Stoop to over 150 young people with learning difficulties as part of Project Rugby, a Premiership rugby and England …
21st May 2018

Students Tackle the City’s Challenges with Lego and their Imaginations!

Students from Nightingale Community Academy took part in Recode London on Friday at The Workshop in Lambeth. The initiative is run by the Mayor of London, the LEGO® Group and Institute of Imagination. Students rose to the challenge set by …
21st May 2018

Undefeated!

A number of boys in Year 7, 8 and 9  went to the Wandle Recreation Centre to take part in the annual Para Football Competition. The boys performed extremely well throughout the tournament and ending up being the winners of the competition!  In addition the …
16th March 2018

Christmas Card Competition Winner!

We are so grateful to Bradley in year 8 for his fabulous work designing our Christmas card for 2017. £15 for an Amazon voucher feels like an absolute bargain for such an amazing effort! Well done Bradley and thank you. …
14th December 2017