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Kate Greenaway Nursery School and Children's Centre

Nursery · ages 0-5MixedLocal authority nursery school76 pupilsNurseryLondonIslington
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredWe don't score this type of school.
Pupils from low-income families23%About the same as most schools in England
Pupils per teacher23.3School workforce census
Pupils on roll76Census January 2026

Kate Greenaway Nursery School and Children's Centre is a local authority nursery school in London for boys and girls aged 0 to 5. It has 76 pupils. About 23 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, about the same as most schools in England.

Yorkway Court, Copenhagen Street, London, N1 0UH020 7527 4850kategreenaway.orgMs Diana Valcheva 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 Islington council's admissions booklet, send it to us.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll76Census January 2026
Pupils from low-income families36%23% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English24%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support12%9 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan0%0 pupils with a plan
Boys and girls37 / 39
White British pupils26%

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (6), Autistic spectrum disorder (2), Other difficulty or disability (1).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll7691102939383
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals36%19%11%19%40%60%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language24%29%29%38%33%33%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support–10%6%16%10%16%
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.

Teachers2.9full-time equivalent, 3 people
Pupils per teacher23.3Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers100%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants6.2full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£64,537
Teachers who left in the year0%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0
Sick days per teacher10.82021/22

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£18,848England £7,738. Total £1.4m
Income per pupil£20,302England £7,697. Total £1.5m
Spent on teachers per pupil£2,844England £3,480
Money in reserve3%Very little put by: £39k, £523 per pupil. England 6%
Money in against money out+£108kit took in more than it spent this year
Where the money goes£18,848spent 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 m2,19312 months to June 2026, mostly anti-social behaviour
Local crime rate137 per 1,000 people50% higher than the England average
Typical house price£665,000Islington
Nearest bus stop120 mYork Way / Kings Place, 18 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
New River College MedicalPupil referral unit140 m28Report card 2026–Compare
Kings Cross AcademyAcademy460 m399Good 202318Compare
St Andrew's (Barnsbury) CofE Primary SchoolChurch of England470 m165No overall grade 202518Compare
Winton Primary SchoolCouncil480 m239Outstanding 202496Compare
Frank Barnes School for Deaf ChildrenCouncil480 m40Outstanding 2023–Compare
Vittoria Primary SchoolCouncil520 m220Good 202134Compare
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson SchoolCouncil670 m888No overall grade 202584Compare
The Pears Family SchoolFree schools alternative provision680 m0Outstanding 2022–Compare
All schools in IslingtonAll schools in LondonBest primary schools in England

Questions parents ask

Is Kate Greenaway Nursery School and Children's Centre a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Kate Greenaway Nursery School and Children's Centre yet.

How many pupils does Kate Greenaway Nursery School and Children's Centre have?

76 pupils aged 0 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
Yorkway Court, Copenhagen Street, London, N1 0UH
Telephone
020 7527 4850
Website
www.kategreenaway.org
Headteacher
Ms Diana Valcheva
Type of school
Local authority nursery school (Local authority nursery school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Nursery school, ages 0-5, with nursery
Gender
Mixed
Local authority
Islington
Ward
Caledonian
Constituency
Islington South and Finsbury
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
100385 · LAESTAB 2061033
Official recordGovernment performance tablesDownload this school's data (CSV)

Where these figures come from