129 pupils
State-funded · Nursery · Tower Hamlets
Columbia Market Nursery School
Local authority nursery school · Ages 2 to 5 · Mixed · 56 pupils
At a glance
- Type
- Local authority nursery school (state-funded)
- Phase
- Nursery
- Ages
- 2 to 5
- Gender
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 56 census January 2026
- Nursery classes
- Yes
- Executive Headteacher
- Headteacher Kim Waters
- Address
- Columbia Road, Bethnal Green, London, E2 7PG
- Borough
- Tower Hamlets
- Telephone
- 02077394518
- DfE reference (URN)
- 100884
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, 26 November 2024: Standards maintained
An ungraded inspection confirms or questions the previous grade; it does not set a new one.
Last overall grade: Outstanding, given on 6 October 2015
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
- 9.5% January 2026
- English as an additional language
- 42.3%
- Receiving SEN support
- 0%
- With an Education, Health and Care Plan
- 0%
- Girls / boys
- 37% / 63%
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
- 12.8 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.
- Columbia Market Nursery School and Comet Nursery School and Children's Centre0.6 miles apart
- Columbia Market Nursery School and Alice Model Nursery School1.3 miles apart
- Columbia Market Nursery School and Wentworth Nursery School and Children's Centre1.7 miles apart
- Columbia Market Nursery School and Thomas Coram Centre2.0 miles apart