St Nicholas CofE (VA) Primary School and Nursery

State-Funded School

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East of EnglandRegion

HertfordshireLocal Authority

StevenageConstituency

SG2 0PZPostcode

1.7

Academic Performance

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

St Nicholas CofE (VA) Primary School and Nursery is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Hertfordshire, East of England.

It currently serves 186 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 33%
Higher standard: 7%
Reading score: 102
Maths score: 100

Ethnicity

White

55%

Asian

Black

20%

Mixed

12%

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

186

Total Pupils

55%Boys

45%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

19%

England average

27%

First language not English

45%

England average

22%

Young carers

13%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 186
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

3 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
14 Jul 2025	Good	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Not judged
18 May 2023	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement
22 Jun 2016	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.