Sessional pre-school in Poplar, Tower Hamlets
Abertots Play
96 Burcham Street, Poplar, London, E14 0SH · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementGood
- SafeguardingEffective
What does this mean?
This grade is from before November 2025, when Ofsted replaced single grades with report cards. The nursery's next inspection will give a report card, with a separate grade for each area instead of one overall grade.
Official records
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
96 Burcham Street, Poplar, London, E14 0SH · More nurseries in E14
Stations
- Langdon Park4 min walk · 0.2 miles
- All SaintsStep-free access6 min walk · 0.2 miles
- BlackwallStep-free access11 min walk · 0.5 miles
Buses
24 bus stops within 400 m, including Glenkerry House, Jolly's Green and Hay Currie Street.
Parks and playgrounds
- Jolly's Green2 min walk
- Langdon Park4 min walk
- All Saints Church5 min walk
- Aberfeldy Millennium Green6 min walk
- Leven Road Open Space7 min walk
- Playground2 min walk
© OpenStreetMap contributors, checked 13 November 2026 · Powered by TfL Open Data, checked 13 November 2026. Walking times are rough, from straight-line distance.
Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In Tower Hamlets there are about 4.5 children under 5 for every registered nursery place. Places are how many children nurseries may care for, not free spaces, so this is a guide to demand. Source: ONS Census 2021.
What parents say
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Abertots Play is a sessional pre-school at 96 Burcham Street, Poplar, London, E14 0SH, in Poplar, Tower Hamlets. It is registered for 28 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in March 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 1 review (November 2026).
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abertots PlayThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Calvary Poplar PreschoolSessional pre-school | Good | not shared yet | 08:30–15:00 | not shared yet | 0.4 miles |
| St Francis Family CentreSessional pre-school | Good | not shared yet | 08:00–18:00 | 9 mo–5 yrs | 0.5 miles |
A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
- All nurseries in Poplar8
- All nurseries in Tower Hamlets81
- All nurseries in E1433
- Nurseries near Langdon Park station
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Culloden Primary - A Paradigm Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected June 2025 0.2 miles
- Lansbury Lawrence Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Outstandinginspected February 2024 0.3 miles
- Woolmore Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Outstandinginspected September 2022 0.3 miles
- Manorfield Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2024 0.3 miles
- St Saviour's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected July 2025 0.3 miles
- Bygrove Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Outstandinginspected November 2023 0.3 miles
- Mayflower Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Outstandinginspected December 2022 0.4 miles
- Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected September 2022 0.5 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
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What is Abertots Play's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Abertots Play Good at its inspection on 12 March 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Abertots Play take?
Abertots Play is registered with Ofsted for up to 28 children at any one time.
How do I contact Abertots Play?
You can call 07821 199202.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 11 November 2026
- Schools: DfE Get Information about Schools · 4 November 2026
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Department for Education data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
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- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 11 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 2712998 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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