State-funded · Nursery · Newham
Oliver Thomas Nursery School
Local authority nursery school · Ages 2 to 4 · Mixed · 142 pupils
At a glance
- Type
- Local authority nursery school (state-funded)
- Phase
- Nursery
- Ages
- 2 to 4
- Gender
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 142 census January 2026
- Nursery classes
- Yes
- Headteacher
- Ms Lorna Prynne
- Address
- Mathews Avenue, East Ham, London, E6 6BU
- Borough
- Newham
- Telephone
- 02085521177
- DfE reference (URN)
- 102706
- Website
- oliverthomas.org.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 graded inspection, 11 July 2024: overall effectiveness at that inspection was Outstanding
Ofsted stopped giving state schools a single overall grade in September 2024. This grade dates from the inspection shown; it is not a current rating.
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
Ofsted ungraded inspection, 25 May 2023: School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
An ungraded inspection confirms or questions the previous grade; it does not set a new one.
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
- 0% January 2026
- English as an additional language
- 82.1%
- Receiving SEN support
- 30.8%
- With an Education, Health and Care Plan
- 1.3%
- Girls / boys
- 40% / 60%
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
- 16.8 2025/26
Source: Department for Education, Pupil to teacher ratios - school level · 2025/26 (school workforce census, November 2025) · last checked 9 October 2026
Compare with similar schools
Side-by-side comparisons with the nearest schools of the same type. Sourced facts only; no winner is declared.
- Oliver Thomas Nursery School and St Stephen's Nursery School1.3 miles apart
- Oliver Thomas Nursery School and Sheringham Nursery School & Children's Centre1.8 miles apart
- Oliver Thomas Nursery School and Edith Kerrison Nursery School1.8 miles apart
- Oliver Thomas Nursery School and Kay Rowe Nursery School2.1 miles apart