State-funded · Nursery · Wandsworth
Balham Nursery School
Local authority nursery school · Ages 2 to 5 · Mixed · 48 pupils
At a glance
- Type
- Local authority nursery school (state-funded)
- Phase
- Nursery
- Ages
- 2 to 5
- Gender
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 48 census January 2026
- Nursery classes
- Yes
- Headteacher
- Mrs Natasha Crabbe
- Address
- 72 Endlesham Road, Balham, London, SW12 8JL
- Borough
- Wandsworth
- Telephone
- 02086734055
- DfE reference (URN)
- 100990
Source: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools · daily extract as at 2026-10-07 · last checked 9 October 2026
Admissions
Nursery places are applied for directly, not through the Reception or Year 7 process. A nursery place does not guarantee a Reception place at any school.
Inspection
Ofsted graded inspection, 29 January 2025
No overall grade was given: Ofsted had stopped using one for state schools.
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
Ofsted ungraded inspection, 20 April 2023: School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next
An ungraded inspection confirms or questions the previous grade; it does not set a new one.
Last overall grade: Outstanding, given on 1 May 2013
Historic. This is the last time Ofsted gave the school a single overall grade. Overall grades were abolished for state schools in September 2024.
Source: Ofsted, Management information - state-funded schools - latest inspections as at 31 August 2026 · latest inspections as at 2026-08-31 · last checked 9 October 2026
Pupils and context
- Eligible for free school meals
- 37.5% January 2026
- English as an additional language
- 21.2%
- Receiving SEN support
- 3%
- With an Education, Health and Care Plan
- 9.1%
- Girls / boys
- 36% / 64%
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · school census 2024/25
Attendance and staffing
- Pupils per teacher
- 18 2025/26
Source: Department for Education, Pupil to teacher ratios - school level · 2025/26 (school workforce census, November 2025) · last checked 9 October 2026
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