St Nicholas of Tolentine Catholic Primary School

State-Funded School

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South WestRegion

BristolLocal Authority

Bristol EastConstituency

BS5 0TJPostcode

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Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

St Nicholas of Tolentine Catholic Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Bristol, South West.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 125 pupils. St Nicholas of Tolentine Catholic Primary School is part of THE CARDINAL NEWMAN CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL TRUST.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 17 Mar 2026 · published 14 May 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Needs attention

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Inadequate

Quality ofeducation

Inadequate

Personaldevelopment

Requires improvement

Behaviour &attitudes

Requires improvement

Early yearsprovision

Inadequate

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 40%
Higher standard: 0%
Reading score: 101
Maths score: 98

Ethnicity

White

18%

Asian

Black

54%

Mixed

16%

Any other group

Pupils

125

Total Pupils

52%Boys

48%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

69%

England average

27%

First language not English

58%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 125
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: THE CARDINAL NEWMAN CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
21 Sept 2022	Inadequate	Inadequate	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Inadequate

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.