Full-day nursery in Spitalfields, Tower Hamlets
Noah's Ark Community Nursery
Little Oaks Children's Centre, Pelter Street, London, E2 7PE · 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 September 2011Reference EY433346Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 29 September 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places56 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating4 (Good)inspected 9 September 2026Food 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
Little Oaks Children's Centre, Pelter Street, London, E2 7PE · More nurseries in E2
Stations
- HoxtonStep-free access5 min walk · 0.2 miles
- Shoreditch High StreetStep-free access10 min walk · 0.4 miles
- Old Street16 min walk · 0.6 miles
Buses
15 bus stops within 400 m, including Hoxton Station, Hackney Road / Columbia Road and Falkirk Street.
Parks and playgrounds
- Fairchild’s Garden1 min walk
- Naseem's Garden3 min walk
- Ravenscroft Park3 min walk
- Virginia Gardens4 min walk
- St Leonard's Churchyard4 min walk
- Playground3 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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Noah's Ark Community Nursery is a full-day nursery at Little Oaks Children's Centre, Pelter Street, London, E2 7PE, in Spitalfields, Tower Hamlets. It is registered for 56 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in September 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by The London Early Years Foundation.
Run by The London Early Years Foundation (charity), which runs 44 nurseries.
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Columbia Market Nursery School Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected November 2024 under 0.1 miles
- Virginia Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Outstandinginspected October 2021 0.2 miles
- Columbia Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected July 2023 0.2 miles
- St Monica's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2022 0.3 miles
- Brick Lane School ages 5–18 0.4 miles
- St John the Baptist Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Outstandinginspected November 2023 0.4 miles
- Hoxton Garden Primary Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Improved significantlyinspected July 2025 0.4 miles
- William Davis Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected March 2025 0.5 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 Noah's Ark Community Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Noah's Ark Community Nursery Good at its inspection on 29 September 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Noah's Ark Community Nursery take?
Noah's Ark Community Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 56 children at any one time.
Who runs Noah's Ark Community Nursery?
Noah's Ark Community Nursery is run by The London Early Years Foundation, which runs 44 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Noah's Ark Community Nursery?
Hoxton 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
- Powered by TfL Open Data
- 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 EY433346 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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