Full-day nursery in City of London
Childcare at The Aldgate School
St. James's Passage, Dukes Place, London, EC3A 5DE · 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
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since August 2004Reference EY288677Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 27 June 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places16 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 23 September 2024Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
St. James's Passage, Dukes Place, London, EC3A 5DE · More nurseries in EC3A
Stations
- Aldgate3 min walk · 0.1 miles
- London Fenchurch Street3 min walk · 0.1 miles
- Tower GatewayNo step-free access5 min walk · 0.2 miles
Buses
20 bus stops within 400 m, including Minories, Aldgate Station and Fenchurch Street Station.
Parks and playgrounds
- St Katharine Cree Churchyard1 min walk
- Braham Street Park5 min walk
- Portsoken Street Garden5 min walk
- Seething Lane Garden6 min walk
- Trinity Square Gardens6 min walk
- Playground4 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 City of London there are about 0.6 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.
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Childcare at The Aldgate School is a full-day nursery at St. James's Passage, Dukes Place, London, EC3A 5DE, in City of London. It is registered for 16 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in June 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
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- Nurseries near Aldgate station
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- The Aldgate School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Outstandinginspected June 2024 under 0.1 miles
- English Martyrs Roman Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected July 2026 0.3 miles
- Mulberry Canon Barnett Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.3 miles
- The Complete Works ages 5–25 0.4 miles
- Christ Church CofE School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2023 0.4 miles
- Harry Gosling Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2023 0.5 miles
- St Paul's Whitechapel Church of England Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2024 0.6 miles
- Date Palm Primary ages 2–11has a nursery class 0.6 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
Questions parents ask
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What is Childcare at The Aldgate School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Childcare at The Aldgate School Good at its inspection on 27 June 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Childcare at The Aldgate School take?
Childcare at The Aldgate School is registered with Ofsted for up to 16 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Childcare at The Aldgate School?
Aldgate is the nearest station we know of, under 0.1 miles away in a straight line.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
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- Food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY288677 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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