Columbia Market Nursery School

State-Funded School

columbia-market-nursery-school-tower-hamlets-london

LondonRegion

Tower HamletsLocal Authority

Bethnal Green and StepneyConstituency

E2 7PGPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Columbia Market Nursery School is a state-funded nursery for pupils aged 2–5, located in Tower Hamlets, London.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 56 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

18%

Asian

50%

Black

Mixed

14%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

Total Pupils

71%Boys

29%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

34%

England average

27%

First language not English

45%

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: Most deprived
Total pupils: 56
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

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

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 26 November 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
11 Nov 2015	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.