Low Hall Nursery School
Nursery · London · E17 8BE
Data updated
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 17 October 2023
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66 pupils (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Local authority nursery school
- Age range
- 2–5
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 0% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 63.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 0% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 1.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 103027
In figures
Ofsted last graded it Outstanding on 17 October 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. It had 66 pupils at the 15 January 2026 census.
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
Asian Pakistani 20% (Waltham Forest 12%, England 5%) · Any other White background 20% (Waltham Forest 19%, England 7%) · White British 12% (Waltham Forest 25%, England 60%) · Black African 11% (Waltham Forest 7%, England 5%) · Black Caribbean 8% (Waltham Forest 3%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 6% (Waltham Forest 4%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 6% (Waltham Forest 3%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Waltham Forest 8%, England 3%) · Asian Bangladeshi 3% (Waltham Forest 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Waltham Forest 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 3% (Waltham Forest 2%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Waltham Forest 4%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 2% (Waltham Forest 3%, England 1%) · White Gypsy/Roma 2% (Waltham Forest 0%, England 0%)
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 £56,425; 50% 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 77% (79%) · premises 3% (6%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (5%) · supplies and services 9% (8%) · educational supplies 2% (2%) · bought-in professional services 7% (3%) · catering 0% (0%)
Reserves (2025-26)
Revenue reserve £38,616; in-year balance +£55,537
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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
- 17 October 2023: Outstanding
- 19 March 2019: School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
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 | 49.5% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 15.4% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 37% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 22% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 52.1% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 35.7% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 29.1% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 35% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 2.7% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 70.2% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 6.4% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 61% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01004444 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £530,000906 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £419,000–£699,500the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters 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
- 5an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 14an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 95an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 13an 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