Full-day nursery in St George in the East, Tower Hamlets
Green Gables Primary Nursery School
4 Wapping Lane, London, E1W 2RG · 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
4 Wapping Lane, London, E1W 2RG · More nurseries in E1W
Stations
- Shadwell4 min walk · 0.2 miles
- Wapping8 min walk · 0.3 miles
- Rotherhithe15 min walk · 0.6 miles
Buses
15 bus stops within 400 m, including Tobacco Dock, St George's Town Hall / Shadwell Stn and Shadwell Station.
Parks and playgrounds
- St George's Gardens1 min walk
- Wapping Woods3 min walk
- Swedenborg Gardens4 min walk
- Gosling Gardens6 min walk
- Wapping Green6 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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Green Gables Primary Nursery School is a full-day nursery at 4 Wapping Lane, London, E1W 2RG, in St George in the East, Tower Hamlets. It is registered for 32 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in October 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited.
Run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited (company), which runs 300 nurseries.
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
- All nurseries in St George in the East7
- All nurseries in Tower Hamlets81
- All nurseries in E1W7
- Nurseries near Shadwell station
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Blue Gate Fields Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2023 0.2 miles
- Blue Gate Fields Infants' School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 0.2 miles
- St Peter's London Docks CofE Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected May 2025 0.3 miles
- Bigland Green Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Outstandinginspected March 2024 0.3 miles
- St Paul's Whitechapel Church of England Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2024 0.3 miles
- Buttercup Primary School ages 3–11has a nursery class 0.4 miles
- St Mary and St Michael Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected April 2023 0.4 miles
- Daffodil Preparatory School ages 5–11 0.4 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 Green Gables Primary Nursery School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Green Gables Primary Nursery School Good at its inspection on 13 October 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Green Gables Primary Nursery School take?
Green Gables Primary Nursery School is registered with Ofsted for up to 32 children at any one time.
Who runs Green Gables Primary Nursery School?
Green Gables Primary Nursery School is run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited, which runs 300 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Green Gables Primary Nursery School?
Shadwell is the nearest station we know of, 0.2 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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- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY546789 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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