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Pembury House Nursery School

Nursery · ages 2-5MixedLocal authority nursery school133 pupilsNurseryLondonHaringey
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredWe don't score this type of school.
OfstedExceptional teachingOfsted report card, June 2026
Pupils from low-income families17%Far fewer than most schools
Pupils per teacher23.8School workforce census
Pupils on roll133Census January 2026

Pembury House Nursery School is a local authority nursery school in London for boys and girls aged 2 to 5. It has 133 pupils. About 17 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. Ofsted visited in June 2026 and gave it a report card, which is below.

Lansdowne Road, Tottenham, Pembury House Childrens Centre/Lb of H, London, N17 9XE020 8801 9914pemburyhouse.haringey.sch.ukMs Ruth Doak headteacherAll details

What Ofsted found

Ofsted visited on 3 June 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”
Exceptional
Achievement
Exceptional
Behaviour and attendanceOfsted calls this “attendance and behaviour”
Strong
Support for every childOfsted calls this “inclusion”
Exceptional
WellbeingOfsted calls this “personal development and wellbeing”
Exceptional
LeadershipOfsted calls this “leadership and governance”
Exceptional
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
22 September 2022UngradedSchool 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 Haringey council's admissions booklet, send it to us.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll133Census January 2026
Pupils from low-income families26%17% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English62%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support22%29 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan1%1 pupil with a plan
Boys and girls77 / 56
White British pupils8%

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (25), Autistic spectrum disorder (5).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll133136135139151144
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals26%0%0%0%1%0%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language62%58%69%71%62%70%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support28%22%30%16%15%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans2%6%2%1%1%

Staff and money

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

Teachers3.8full-time equivalent, 4 people
Pupils per teacher23.8Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers100%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants13.8full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£68,982
Teachers who left in the year0%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0
Sick days per teacher15.12023/24

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£16,926England £7,738. Total £1.5m
Income per pupil£17,381England £7,697. Total £1.6m
Spent on teachers per pupil£3,566England £3,480
Money in reserve32%A lot put by: £505k, £5,615 per pupil. England 6%
Money in against money out+£41kit took in more than it spent this year
Where the money goes£16,926spent 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 m1,64712 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate179 per 1,000 people96% higher than the England average
Typical house price£570,000Haringey
Nearest bus stop40 mTottenham High Rd/Lansdowne Rd, 21 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
The Mulberry Primary SchoolCouncil240 m494Good 202228Compare
Assunnah Primary SchoolIndependent320 m128Not inspectedCompare
Lancasterian Primary SchoolCouncil480 m410Good 202334Compare
St Francis De Sales Catholic Infant SchoolAcademy490 mNot inspectedCompare
St Francis De Sales Catholic Junior SchoolAcademy530 mNot inspectedCompare
St Paul's and All Hallows CofE Infant SchoolAcademy540 m91Report card 202573Compare
St Paul's and All Hallows CofE Junior SchoolAcademy550 m106Good 202350Compare
Harris Primary Academy Coleraine ParkAcademy560 m418No overall grade 202595Compare

Questions parents ask

Is Pembury House Nursery School a good school?

Pembury House Nursery School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted's report card from June 2026 rated its teaching as exceptional.

What is Pembury House Nursery School's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted no longer gives schools one overall grade. When it visited on 3 June 2026 it rated teaching as exceptional, achievement as exceptional, behaviour and attendance as strong, leadership as exceptional.

How many pupils does Pembury House Nursery School have?

133 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
Lansdowne Road, Tottenham, Pembury House Childrens Centre/Lb of H, London, N17 9XE
Telephone
020 8801 9914
Website
www.pemburyhouse.haringey.sch.uk
Headteacher
Ms Ruth Doak
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
Haringey
Ward
Northumberland Park
Constituency
Tottenham
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
102071 · LAESTAB 3091000

Recent changes

  • New Ofsted outcome published: Report card 2026-08-19

Where these figures come from