What did Ofsted judge St Nicholas CofE (VA) Primary School and Nursery's quality of education to be?

Ofsted judged St Nicholas CofE (VA) Primary School and Nursery's quality of education as Requires improvement at its inspection in June 2025, on Ofsted's own scale.

How many pupils attend St Nicholas CofE (VA) Primary School and Nursery?

St Nicholas CofE (VA) Primary School and Nursery has 186 pupils on roll.

What ages does St Nicholas CofE (VA) Primary School and Nursery take?

St Nicholas CofE (VA) Primary School and Nursery admits pupils aged 3 to 11.

Where is St Nicholas CofE (VA) Primary School and Nursery located?

St Nicholas CofE (VA) Primary School and Nursery is located in Stevenage, SG2 0PZ, Hertfordshire.

How do I apply to St Nicholas CofE (VA) Primary School and Nursery?

St Nicholas CofE (VA) Primary School and Nursery is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for primary places is 15 January.

Does St Nicholas CofE (VA) Primary School and Nursery have a religious character?

Yes — St Nicholas CofE (VA) Primary School and Nursery has a religious character of Church of England. Faith criteria may apply to admissions; check the school's oversubscription policy for details.

How are Reception places decided at St Nicholas CofE (VA) Primary School and Nursery?

When St Nicholas CofE (VA) Primary School and Nursery has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Children Looked After / previously Looked After — Children Looked After and children who were previously looked after, including those who appear (to the admissions authority) to have been in state care outside England, and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted. Previously looked after children are those who were looked after but ceased to be so because of being adopted or becoming subject to a Child Arrangements Order, or a Special Guardianship Order; 2. Siblings — Siblings of children already enrolled at the school. Does not include current Y6 children leaving the school or children currently enrolled in the nursery. Sibling defined as brother/sister, half brother/sister, adopted brother/sister or child of parent/carer's partner, living permanently in the home Monday to Friday, on roll at the named school at the time the younger child starts; 3. Exceptional social or medical grounds — On very exceptional social or medical grounds - known social or medical needs where there are exceptional reasons which make it essential that a child should attend St Nicholas and where it is the only school locally that could meet the child's needs, supported by professional evidence, and 4 further criteria. The school offers 30 places at this entry point. Tie-break: When there is a need for a tie break where two different addresses are the same distance from a school, in the case of a block of flats for example, the lower door number will be deemed nearest as logically this will be on the ground floor and therefore closer. If there are two identical addresses of separate applicants, the tie break will be random. Every child entered onto the HCC admissions database has an individual random number assigned, between 1 and 1 million, against each preference school. When there is a need for a final tie break the random number is used to allocate the place, with the lowest number given priority.

What is the largest ethnic background at St Nicholas CofE (VA) Primary School and Nursery?

According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 34.4% of pupils at St Nicholas CofE (VA) Primary School and Nursery are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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How places are decided at St Nicholas CofE (VA) Primary School and Nursery

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Reception), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1Children Looked After / previously Looked After — Children Looked After and children who were previously looked after, including those who appear (to the admissions authority) to have been in state care outside England, and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted. Previously looked after children are those who were looked after but ceased to be so because of being adopted or becoming subject to a Child Arrangements Order, or a Special Guardianship Order.
2Siblings — Siblings of children already enrolled at the school. Does not include current Y6 children leaving the school or children currently enrolled in the nursery. Sibling defined as brother/sister, half brother/sister, adopted brother/sister or child of parent/carer's partner, living permanently in the home Monday to Friday, on roll at the named school at the time the younger child starts.
3Exceptional social or medical grounds — On very exceptional social or medical grounds - known social or medical needs where there are exceptional reasons which make it essential that a child should attend St Nicholas and where it is the only school locally that could meet the child's needs, supported by professional evidence.
4Practising Anglicans — Children of practising Anglicans, one or more of whose parents/carers have, at the time of application, shown commitment to the Church of England by worshipping at least twice a month for the two years immediately prior to an application being made, evidenced via SIF completed by Parish Priest.
5Other Christian denominations — Children from practising families of other Christian denominations, one or more of whose parents/carers have, at the time of application, shown commitment to that Place of Worship by attending at least twice a month for the two years immediately prior to an application being made, evidenced via SIF completed by Priest, Minister or Pastor. 'Other Christian Denominations' includes established members of Churches together in England or the Evangelical Alliance or who profess Trinitarian Faith.
6Other established World Faiths — Children from families of other established World Faiths whose parents/carers have, at the time of application, shown commitment to that place of worship by attending at least twice a month for the two years immediately prior to an application being made, evidenced via SIF completed by religious leader. Established World Faiths include Judaism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism and Islam.
7Any other children — Any other children.

If two applications tie: When there is a need for a tie break where two different addresses are the same distance from a school, in the case of a block of flats for example, the lower door number will be deemed nearest as logically this will be on the ground floor and therefore closer. If there are two identical addresses of separate applicants, the tie break will be random. Every child entered onto the HCC admissions database has an individual random number assigned, between 1 and 1 million, against each preference school. When there is a need for a final tie break the random number is used to allocate the place, with the lowest number given priority.

Where there is oversubscription within any criterion, places are allocated on the basis of distance from the child's permanent home address to the school using Hertfordshire County Council's straight line distance measurement. EHCP children admitted before oversubscription criteria applied (not numbered as a criterion in the ranked list).

Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.