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Alice Model Nursery School

Nursery · ages 2-5MixedLocal authority nursery school56 pupilsNurseryLondonTower Hamlets
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredWe don't score this type of school.
OfstedStrong teachingOfsted report card, March 2026
Pupils from low-income families9%Far fewer than most schools
Pupils per teacher10.5School workforce census
Pupils on roll56Census January 2026

Alice Model Nursery School is a local authority nursery school in London for boys and girls aged 2 to 5. It has 56 pupils. About 9 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. Ofsted visited in March 2026 and gave it a report card, which is below.

14 Beaumont Grove, Stepney, London, E1 4NQ020 7790 5425Mrs Kim Waters headteacherAll details

What Ofsted found

Ofsted visited on 17 March 2026. Instead of one overall word, it now gives a grade for each part of school life. Read the full report on Ofsted's website.

TeachingOfsted calls this “curriculum and teaching”
Strong
Achievement
As expected
Behaviour and attendanceOfsted calls this “attendance and behaviour”
Strong
Support for every childOfsted calls this “inclusion”
Strong
WellbeingOfsted calls this “personal development and wellbeing”
Strong
LeadershipOfsted calls this “leadership and governance”
Strong
SafeguardingAre pupils kept safe?
Pupils are kept safe
Met
Ofsted's scale:ExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement

Ofsted says these new grades can't be lined up against the old one-word grades.

Earlier inspections (1)
DateTypeOutcome
7 October 2021UngradedSchool remains Outstanding

Getting a place

Admissions policy not published.

Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Tower Hamlets council's admissions booklet, send it to us.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll56Census January 2026
Pupils from low-income families30%9% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English63%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support18%10 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan0%0 pupils with a plan
Boys and girls35 / 21
White British pupils2%

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (10).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll566169756370
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals30%25%1%1%3%4%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language63%72%62%67%68%63%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support10%12%13%24%21%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans0%0%3%0%0%

Staff and money

From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.

Teachers3.7full-time equivalent, 6 people
Pupils per teacher10.5Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers100%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants0.0full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£58,950
Teachers who left in the year37%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0

Money

From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.

Spend per pupil£17,035England £7,738. Total £681k
Income per pupil£14,579England £7,697. Total £583k
Spent on teachers per pupil£6,131England £3,480
Money in reserve-49%In the red: -£285k, -£7,132 per pupil. England 6%
Money in against money out-£98kit spent more than it took in this year
Where the money goes£17,035spent per pupil

Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m2,26612 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate133 per 1,000 people46% higher than the England average
Typical house price£505,000Tower Hamlets
Nearest bus stop70 mStepney Green Station, 17 stops within 500 m

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Mazahirul Uloom London SchoolIndependent210 m113Not inspectedCompare
London East Alternative ProvisionPupil referral unit270 m101Outstanding 2024Compare
Mulberry Stepney Green Mathematics and Computing CollegeAcademy410 m1,364Report card 202657Compare
Stepney Park Primary SchoolCouncil410 m689Good 202378Compare
John Scurr Primary SchoolCouncil420 m494Good 202375Compare
Queen Mary University of LondonHigher education institutions460 mNot inspectedCompare
Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary SchoolChurch of England560 m1,445Report card 202693Compare
Ben Jonson Primary SchoolCouncil560 m591Good 202480Compare

Questions parents ask

Is Alice Model Nursery School a good school?

Alice Model Nursery School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted's report card from March 2026 rated its teaching as strong.

What is Alice Model Nursery School's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted no longer gives schools one overall grade. When it visited on 17 March 2026 it rated teaching as strong, achievement as as expected, behaviour and attendance as strong, leadership as strong.

How many pupils does Alice Model Nursery School have?

56 pupils aged 2 to 5 were on the roll in January 2026.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
14 Beaumont Grove, Stepney, London, E1 4NQ
Telephone
020 7790 5425
Headteacher
Mrs Kim Waters
Type of school
Local authority nursery school (Local authority nursery school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Nursery school, ages 2-5, with nursery
Gender
Mixed
Local authority
Tower Hamlets
Ward
St Dunstan's
Constituency
Bethnal Green and Stepney
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
100887 · LAESTAB 2111040

Where these figures come from