Columbia Market Nursery School
Nursery · London · E2 7PG
Data updated
Last grade Ofsted published, no newer grade exists
Ofsted graded this school Outstanding in 2015. Every inspection since has been ungraded, and an ungraded inspection cannot change a grade. The most recent found “Standards maintained”. Ofsted's current data file lists only graded inspections from September 2019 onwards, so this grade has dropped out of it, but it is still the school's grade of record, and still on Ofsted's own report page. Treat an Outstanding of this age with care: Outstanding schools were exempt from routine re-inspection until 2020, so these grades are among the oldest on record.
Inspected 6 October 2015
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56 pupils (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Local authority nursery school
- Age range
- 2–5
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 9.5% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 42.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 0% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 0% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 100884
In figures
The last grade Ofsted published for it is Outstanding, from 2015. It had 56 pupils at the 15 January 2026 census.
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
Asian Bangladeshi 48% (Tower Hamlets 61%, England 2%) · White British 11% (Tower Hamlets 8%, England 60%) · Any other White background 7% (Tower Hamlets 5%, England 7%) · Black African 5% (Tower Hamlets 6%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (Tower Hamlets 6%, England 3%) · Not recorded 5% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 4% (Tower Hamlets 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Tower Hamlets 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 4% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 2% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 4%) · Any other Black background 2% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 2%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £78,892; 60% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Spending per pupil (2025-26)
Where the money went (2025-26)
Share of spending, with the median for nursery schools in brackets: Staff 105% (79%) · premises -22% (6%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (5%) · supplies and services -12% (8%) · educational supplies 3% (2%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 0% (0%)
Reserves (2025-26)
Revenue reserve -£103,576; in-year balance +£5,160
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared
Inspection history since 2015
- 26 November 2024: Standards maintained
- 24 September 2019: Section 8 inspections of good and non-exempt outstanding schools
- 6 October 2015: Outstanding
Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 3/10more deprived than most of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 48.3% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 18.3% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 39% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 28.1% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 50.5% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 24.8% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 49.5% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 25.2% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 0% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 95.5% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 5.9% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 68.3% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01004311 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £545,000958 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £430,000–£708,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 4an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 42an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 333an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 55an urban school averages 6.1
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted