Effra Nursery School and Children's Centre
Nursery · Local authority nursery school · Ages 2–5 · London, Lambeth
Effra Nursery School and Children's Centre is a nursery school in London, Lambeth for ages 2–5 (local authority nursery school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 17 October 2023.
Key facts
- Address
- 35 Effra Parade, Brixton, London, SW2 1PL
- Type
- Local authority nursery school
- Phase
- Nursery
- Ages
- 2–5
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Lambeth
- Pupils on roll
- 68 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 35.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 17 October 2023
Strengths
- “The school is a nurturing and safe place to be.”
- “Staff make sure that children are warmly welcomed when they join the school and helped to settle in quickly.”
- “Children are happy here and build trusting working relationships with staff.”
To improve
- “At times, limited precision about what children need to know and be able to do and the order in which it should be taught results in a lack of clarity about what children need to learn next.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 November 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Straight-line distance, in Lambeth.
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