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Rowland Hill Nursery School

Nursery · ages 0-5MixedLocal authority nursery school128 pupilsNurseryLondonHaringey
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredWe don't score this type of school.
OfstedOutstandingLast Ofsted inspection, September 2022
Pupils from low-income families1%Far fewer than most schools
Pupils per teacher23.7School workforce census
Pupils on roll128Census January 2026

Rowland Hill Nursery School is a local authority nursery school in London for boys and girls aged 0 to 5. It has 128 pupils. About 1 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was outstanding, back in 2022.

White Hart Lane, Totenham, London, N17 7LT020 8808 6089rowlandhill.haringey.sch.uk/#Mrs Sian McDermott headteacherAll details

What Ofsted found

Ofsted's last full inspection was on 13 September 2022, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.

Outstanding overall.

TeachingOfsted calls this “quality of education”
Outstanding
BehaviourOfsted calls this “behaviour and attitudes”
Outstanding
WellbeingOfsted calls this “personal development”
Outstanding
LeadershipOfsted calls this “leadership and management”
Outstanding
Safeguarding
Effective
Yes

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 roll128Census January 2026
Pupils from low-income families1%1% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English51%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support9%11 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan5%6 pupils with a plan
Boys and girls66 / 62
White British pupils17%

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (12), Autistic spectrum disorder (3), Hearing impairment (1), Other difficulty or disability (1).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll128117132162147140
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals1%0%0%0%0%0%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language51%40%39%47%54%50%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support7%17%14%6%4%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans0%5%2%8%0%

Staff and money

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

Teachers4.6full-time equivalent, 5 people
Pupils per teacher23.7Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers100%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants15.8full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£65,871
Teachers who left in the year35%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0
Sick days per teacher2.42024/25

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£18,238England £7,738. Total £1.8m
Income per pupil£18,823England £7,697. Total £1.9m
Spent on teachers per pupil£3,389England £3,480
Money in reserve-3%In the red: -£48k, -£474 per pupil. England 6%
Money in against money out+£59kit took in more than it spent this year
Where the money goes£18,238spent 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 m62312 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate101 per 1,000 people11% higher than the England average
Typical house price£570,000Haringey
Nearest bus stop120 mWhite Hart Ln Grt Cambridge Rd, 16 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 Devonshire Hill Nursery & Primary SchoolCouncil540 m339Report card 202671Compare
Wilbury Primary SchoolAcademy810 m708Good 202389Compare
Footsteps TrustIndependent830 m34Not inspectedCompare
Riverside SchoolCouncil850 m172Report card 2026Compare
Mulberry Academy WoodsideAcademy900 m1,124Good 202267Compare
Oakthorpe Primary SchoolCouncil930 m438Not inspected64Compare
Lordship Lane Primary SchoolCouncil930 m469Good 20238Compare
Risley Avenue Primary SchoolCouncil980 m427Good 202219Compare

Questions parents ask

Is Rowland Hill Nursery School a good school?

Rowland Hill Nursery School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it outstanding at its last inspection in September 2022.

What is Rowland Hill Nursery School's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted rated Rowland Hill Nursery School outstanding at its last full inspection on 13 September 2022.

How many pupils does Rowland Hill Nursery School have?

128 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
White Hart Lane, Totenham, London, N17 7LT
Telephone
020 8808 6089
Website
www.rowlandhill.haringey.sch.uk/#
Headteacher
Mrs Sian McDermott
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
Haringey
Ward
White Hart Lane
Constituency
Southgate and Wood Green
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
102072 · LAESTAB 3091001

Where these figures come from