St Nicholas CofE Primary School

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.

Academically, St Nicholas delivers solid results at Key Stage 2. In the 2023/24 assessments, 70% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing, and maths combined, which is above the Surrey local authority average of 66%. The school also saw 9% of pupils achieve the higher standard in all three subjects. Broken down by subject, reading and maths both posted average scaled scores of 105, with 81% of pupils reaching the expected level in reading and 78% in maths. Writing was close behind at 80% expected. At the higher standard, maths led with 27%, followed by reading at 26% and writing at 14%. Progress scores are not available in the data, but the attainment figures show a school performing above the local norm. The most recent graded Ofsted inspection, from 2012, awarded Good for overall effectiveness, leadership and management, and a 2 for early years provision, with no grade below that across any category.

The school offers a broad set of facilities including a library, sensory room, outdoor playground, gymnasium, playing fields, art studios, forest school, and a chapel. Sports provision covers cricket, football, cross country, tennis, and athletics, while clubs include drama, choir, and chess. SEND support is available for pupils with specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social emotional and mental health needs, speech language and communication needs, and autistic spectrum disorder. For the 2025/26 intake, the school was oversubscribed: 126 applications for 59 places, with 54 first-preference offers made, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.14. The nearest Outstanding-rated primary is Cleves School, three kilometres away. St Nicholas suits families looking for a well-performing, Church of England primary in Spelthorne with strong core subject results, a range of enrichment activities, and clear SEND support structures.

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