Chelsea Open Air Nursery School

State-Funded School

chelsea-open-air-nursery-school-kensington-and-chelsea-london

LondonRegion

Kensington and ChelseaLocal Authority

Chelsea and FulhamConstituency

SW3 5JEPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Chelsea Open Air Nursery School is a state-funded nursery for pupils aged 2–5, located in Kensington and Chelsea, London.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 69 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

61%

Asian

Mixed

16%

Chinese

Any other group

12%

Unclassified

Pupils

Total Pupils

58%Boys

42%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

65%

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: Least deprived
Total pupils: 69
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Outstanding

Ungraded inspection on 17 July 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
8 Nov 2012	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.