Columbia Market Nursery School
Columbia Market Nursery School is a local authority nursery school in London for boys and girls aged 2 to 5. It has 56 pupils. About 10 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England.
Columbia Road, Bethnal Green, London, E2 7PG020 7739 4518columbiamarket.towerhamlets.sch.ukHeadteacher Kim Waters executive headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
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.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 56 | 52 | 48 | 56 | 66 | 73 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 34% | 17% | 25% | 2% | 0% | 8% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 45% | 42% | 48% | 48% | 44% | 40% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% | 0% | 9% | 3% | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
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.
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
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.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Primary School | Academy | 230 m | 214 | Outstanding 2021 | – | Compare |
| Columbia Primary School | Academy | 300 m | 416 | Good 2023 | 93 | Compare |
| Mulberry Academy Shoreditch | Academy | 340 m | 1,457 | Good 2022 | 50 | Compare |
| St Monica's Catholic Primary School | Academy | 440 m | 172 | Good 2022 | 89 | Compare |
| Haggerston School | Academy | 480 m | 939 | Good 2022 | 71 | Compare |
| Brick Lane School | Independent | 530 m | 72 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Workers' Educational Association | Further education | 660 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| William Davis Primary School | Council | 680 m | 151 | No overall grade 2025 | 89 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Columbia Market Nursery School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Columbia Market Nursery School yet.
How many pupils does Columbia Market 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
- Columbia Road, Bethnal Green, London, E2 7PG
- Telephone
- 020 7739 4518
- Website
- www.columbiamarket.towerhamlets.sch.uk
- Executive Headteacher
- Headteacher 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
- Weavers
- Constituency
- Bethnal Green and Stepney
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 100884 · LAESTAB 2111024
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, consistent financial reporting 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.