State-funded · Nursery · Westminster
Portman Early Childhood Centre
Local authority nursery school · Ages 2 to 5 · Mixed · 65 pupils
At a glance
- Type
- Local authority nursery school (state-funded)
- Phase
- Nursery
- Ages
- 2 to 5
- Gender
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 65 census January 2026
- Nursery classes
- Yes
- Headteacher
- Ms Amie Curtis
- Address
- 12 Salisbury Street, London, NW8 8DE
- Borough
- Westminster
- Telephone
- 02033071940
- DfE reference (URN)
- 132151
- Website
- portmancentre.co.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, 18 June 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, 21 March 2023: School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - 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
- 11.8% January 2026
- English as an additional language
- 79.5%
- Receiving SEN support
- 46.6%
- With an Education, Health and Care Plan
- 4.1%
- Girls / boys
- 51% / 49%
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
- 11.4 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.
- Portman Early Childhood Centre and Granville Plus Nursery School1.4 miles apart
- Portman Early Childhood Centre and Mary Paterson Nursery School1.5 miles apart
- Portman Early Childhood Centre and Dorothy Gardner Nursery School1.5 miles apart
- Portman Early Childhood Centre and Golborne & Maxilla Nursery School1.7 miles apart