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Portman Early Childhood Centre

NurseryAges 2–5Local authority nursery school

Westminster, NW8 8DE · Westminster local authority

Westminster’s School Grade A better than 94% of towns in England

How full
65 pupils
January 2026 census
Free school meals
12%
12 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Portman Early Childhood Centre

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 12% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Outstanding, June 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (NW8 8) sold for a median £714,250; Westminster’s is £905,000

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

73 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
46.6%England 15.3%
EHC plan
4.1%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
79.5%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
0%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 51%Boys 49%
Its letter

No letter for Portman Early Childhood Centre

Nursery schools sit no national tests, so there’s no letter.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection: Outstanding, June 2024. Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding (Concerns), March 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Portman Early Childhood Centre

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in NW8 8, the school’s postcode sector

Westminster property prices →
£714,250
median sale, 90 sales in 36 months · Westminster £905,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£200K£400K£600K£800K£1M£1.2M2010201520202025NW8 8Westminster
NW8 8Westminster

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Terraced
£1M
Flat
£671K
NW8 8Westminster

Homes in NW8 8 sell for well under Westminster’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

44 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNC−BABA+AA−AAC−B−B−A−BAB+AA+B−AA−A+CACCA−A+CCAB−B+B−AAA−C+BABC+A+Portman Early Childhood Cen…
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Westminster, NW8 8DE

Portman Early Childhood Centre: common questions

What is Portman Early Childhood Centre’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Outstanding (June 2024).

How much do houses cost near Portman Early Childhood Centre?

Homes in its postcode sector, NW8 8, sold for a median £714,250 over the 36 months to August 2026 (90 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Westminster’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.