Ofsted: Outstanding
Balham Nursery School
verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted
personMs Emma Williams
location_onLondon, SW12 8JL
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Ofsted
Outstanding
Inspected 2025
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Students
59
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Age Range
2-5
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Balham Nursery School is a Local authority nursery school primary school in London, serving ages 2-5. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted — the highest possible grade.
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School Summary
Balham Nursery School is a local authority nursery school in London, Wandsworth, admitting pupils aged 2-5. The school has approximately 33 pupils on roll.
Ofsted last inspected the school in 2025. The school's current overall rating is Outstanding. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Good, behaviour and attitudes Outstanding, personal development Outstanding, and leadership and management Good.
The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 18.0:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.
verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted
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4 EvaluationsS5 Inspection EIF
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Why no overall grade?
From autumn 2024, Ofsted stopped issuing a single headline grade (Outstanding / Good / RI / Inadequate). Instead, each inspection area is graded individually. This follows a major review after the death of headteacher Ruth Perry in 2023. The overall effectiveness field is left as "Not judged" in the published data.
Education
Good
Behaviour
Outstanding
Development
Outstanding
Leadership
Good
None Legacy
No Judgement
Education
No Judgement
Behaviour
-
Development
-
Leadership
-
S5 Inspection Legacy
Outstanding
Education
No Judgement
Behaviour
No Judgement
Development
No Judgement
Leadership
Outstanding
None EIF
Outstanding
Education
No Judgement
Behaviour
No Judgement
Development
No Judgement
Leadership
Outstanding
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