67 pupils
State-funded · Nursery · Kensington and Chelsea
Chelsea Open Air Nursery School
Local authority nursery school · Ages 2 to 5 · Mixed · 69 pupils
At a glance
- Type
- Local authority nursery school (state-funded)
- Phase
- Nursery
- Ages
- 2 to 5
- Gender
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 69 census January 2026
- Nursery classes
- Yes
- Headteacher
- Ms Talia Robinson
- Address
- 51 Glebe Place, Chelsea, London, SW3 5JE
- Borough
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Telephone
- 02073528374
- DfE reference (URN)
- 100474
- Website
- coans.rbkc.sch.uk
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 ungraded inspection, 17 July 2024: School remains Outstanding
An ungraded inspection confirms or questions the previous grade; it does not set a new one.
Last overall grade: Outstanding, given on 10 October 2012
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
- 6.3% January 2026
- English as an additional language
- 63.1%
- Receiving SEN support
- 9.2%
- With an Education, Health and Care Plan
- 0%
- Girls / boys
- 49% / 51%
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
Nearby schools
Schools covering the same ages within about a mile, by straight-line distance (not walking or travel time).
Compare with similar schools
Side-by-side comparisons with the nearest schools of the same type. Sourced facts only; no winner is declared.
- Chelsea Open Air Nursery School and Somerset Nursery School and Children's Centre0.7 miles apart
- Chelsea Open Air Nursery School and Tachbrook Nursery School1.6 miles apart
- Chelsea Open Air Nursery School and Bayonne Nursery School1.9 miles apart
- Chelsea Open Air Nursery School and James Lee Nursery School2.0 miles apart