Balham Nursery School

State-Funded School

balham-nursery-school-wandsworth-london

LondonRegion

WandsworthLocal Authority

TootingConstituency

SW12 8JLPostcode

Academic Performance

Not published

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

Balham Nursery School is a state-funded nursery for pupils aged 2–5, located in Wandsworth, London.

It currently serves 48 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Nursery schools have no key stage 2 cohort.

Ethnicity

White

33%

Asian

17%

Black

21%

Mixed

25%

Any other group

Pupils

Total Pupils

46%Boys

54%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

35%

England average

27%

First language not English

35%

England average

22%

Young carers

—

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Nursery
Age range: 2 – 5
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 48
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
12 Mar 2025	Good	Good	Outstanding	Outstanding	Not judged
24 May 2013	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.