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St Nicholas CofE Primary School

Spelthorne, TW17 9ADPrimaryAges 5–11MixedState
Ofsted Rating
Good
May 2026
KS2 Results
70%
meeting expected standard in RWM
Competition
0.9×
Not oversubscribed
54 1st-choice / 59 places
Ranking
#4,070
of 13,686 nationally

About St Nicholas CofE Primary School

St Nicholas CofE Primary School sits within Surrey local authority, a large county with 298 primary schools, and ranks 5th out of 19 primaries in the Spelthorne borough. That puts it comfortably in the top quarter of its immediate area. Among the top-performing peers in the wider Surrey primary landscape are South Farnham School, The Raleigh School, and Cardinal Newman Catholic Primary School, all of which score higher on the same ranking metric. St Nicholas itself achieves a ranking score of 70, placing it in the top 50 nationally by its tier. The school is a Church of England state primary for mixed pupils aged 5 to 11, with a headteacher, Nik Cook, leading a roll of 549 children — just shy of its 564 capacity. Its most recent Ofsted inspection, an ungraded visit in 2022, confirmed the school remains Good, a rating it has held consistently across its previous graded inspections.

Key Details

School TypePrimary (State)
Age Range5 to 11 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterChurch of England
AddressManor Farm Avenue, Shepperton, Spelthorne, TW17 9AD
HeadteacherNik Cook (Headteacher)
Local AuthoritySurrey
Number of Pupils549
Free School Meals (FSM)15.1%
School Capacity549 / 564 (97% full)

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

9 Feb 2022
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Overall Effectiveness
Good
Leadership & Management
Good

Latest monitoring visit (9 Feb 2022): School remains Good

Source: Ofsted, 11 Jul 2012. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

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AutismDyslexiaMental HealthSpeech & LanguageLearning Difficulty

Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.

School day

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Teaching hours

08:50 – 15:00

Breakfast club

07:45-08:30

After-school care

15:00-18:00

Source: stnicholas-shepperton.co.uk. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.

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St Nicholas CofE Primary School has been rated "Good" by Ofsted. This means the school provides a good standard of education and effectively supports all pupils to succeed.