Full-day nursery in St George in the East, Tower Hamlets
Step By Step Nursery
15 Chandler Street, London, E1W 2QL · 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
15 Chandler Street, London, E1W 2QL · More nurseries in E1W
Stations
- Wapping4 min walk · 0.1 miles
- Shadwell9 min walk · 0.4 miles
- Rotherhithe11 min walk · 0.4 miles
Buses
13 bus stops within 400 m, including Wapping Health Centre, Clegg Street and Garnet Street.
Parks and playgrounds
- Wapping Green1 min walk
- Wapping Gardens2 min walk
- Wapping Woods3 min walk
- Wapping Rose Gardens3 min walk
- St John's Churchyard5 min walk
- Playground1 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.
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Step By Step Nursery is a full-day nursery at 15 Chandler Street, London, E1W 2QL, in St George in the East, Tower Hamlets. It is registered for 52 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in January 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Step By Step NurseryThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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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 Wapping station
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- St Peter's London Docks CofE Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected May 2025 0.2 miles
- Hermitage Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Requires improvementinspected May 2023 0.3 miles
- Blue Gate Fields Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2023 0.4 miles
- Blue Gate Fields Infants' School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 0.4 miles
- St Paul's Whitechapel Church of England Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2024 0.4 miles
- Bigland Green Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Outstandinginspected March 2024 0.5 miles
- Riverside Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected December 2023 0.5 miles
- Albion Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected January 2024 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 Step By Step Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Step By Step Nursery Good at its inspection on 25 January 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Step By Step Nursery take?
Step By Step Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 52 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Step By Step Nursery?
Wapping is the nearest station we know of, 0.2 miles away in a straight line.
Tools for parents in Tower Hamlets
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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
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY371767 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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