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Nursery at Globe Primary School
Last reviewed: October 2026 · Inspection data and key information above update regularly, however, this review below is refreshed bi-annually and may not reflect recent changes. Contact the nursery directly to confirm current arrangements. If you spot anything outdated or inaccurate, please let us know.
A separate nursery site gives Globe’s youngest children their own base. Since September 2025, the nursery has operated on the Rachel Keeling site at Bullards Place, Morpeth Street, around five minutes from the main school on Gawber Street. Families choosing Globe should plan around that two-site arrangement.
Places cover eligible two-year-olds alongside three- and four-year-olds. Mainstream nursery provision sits alongside a distinct Early Years Intervention Provision: a local-authority specialist base with 20 places, offering 15 hours for children aged two and three. Its purpose is intensive assessment and support, rather than simply additional nursery hours.
Conversation, shared play and close observation shape the early-years approach. Children work with partners and in groups, giving them opportunities to practise cooperation. Adults invite children to discuss their learning, while observations feed into daily evaluation and weekly planning. The Leuven Scales assess wellbeing and involvement, helping staff adjust experiences to children’s engagement.
Ofsted’s February 2024 inspection, before the nursery’s move to its current site, described early-years children constructing moving toys and models, taking turns at a workbench and cooking area, and using nearby letters and numbers during early writing. These examples show learning through practical tasks: making something also involves sharing equipment, talking and experimenting with marks.
Within the specialist Early Years Intervention Provision, adults play beside children and demonstrate language and ways to use resources. Group sessions combine songs and stories with props, repetition and visual support. Sensory baskets and a sensory room provide further ways to explore and share attention with a familiar adult. These are features of the specialist provision, rather than promises for every mainstream child.
Relationships begin before nursery starts. The SEND information report describes visits to children’s homes or existing settings to learn about their interests, strengths and difficulties; the nursery calendar also scheduled home visits on 10 September 2026. Where additional needs are identified, planning includes families and professionals already involved.
The early-years key person role links children, families and staff. A SEND coordinator covers both mainstream support on the nursery site and its specialist intervention base. The Rachel Keeling site has an accessible toilet with a changing table, a concrete provision for personal care.
Children in the specialist base receive weekly speech and language therapist support, including feedback to parents and staff. Individual support can include teaching toileting, dressing and independent eating or snack preparation. Communication and self-care receive attention together.
Nursery attendance does not guarantee a Reception place or confer priority under the listed admission criteria. Families must apply separately through the normal admissions process. For Tower Hamlets residents, the ordinary route is the eadmissions portal; the September 2026 intake had a deadline of 15 January 2026. Children with an Education, Health and Care Plan follow the local authority SEN team route instead.
The specialist nursery base also supports children’s transition to statutory education and helps determine their future pathways. That support is separate from allocation of a school place.
Morning sessions run from 9am to noon, with afternoon sessions from 12.30pm to 3.30pm. The local authority’s nursery model operates during school terms, with sessions allocated by the setting rather than guaranteed at the point of offer.
Globe offers universal 15-hour places for three- and four-year-olds from the term after their third birthday, plus 30-hour places for eligible working parents. Its two-year-old offers are 15 hours and depend on eligibility through additional-support or working-parent routes. Paid top-ups are also offered alongside the universal entitlement; contact the school for current charges.
Nursery tours require an appointment. Book through nursery@globe.towerhamlets.sch.uk or 020 8980 5856, using the nursery contact rather than the main-site tour booking route.
It operates on the Rachel Keeling site at Bullards Place, Morpeth Street, separate from the main school on Gawber Street.
Morning places run from 9am to noon. Afternoon places run from 12.30pm to 3.30pm.
No. Nursery attendance does not guarantee a place or give priority under the listed criteria. A separate Reception application is required.
Yes. Globe offers universal 15-hour places for three- and four-year-olds, 30-hour places for eligible working parents, and eligible two-year-old places of 15 hours.
Contact nursery@globe.towerhamlets.sch.uk or call 020 8980 5856 to make an appointment.
