St Nicholas School

State-Funded School

st-nicholas-school-croydon-london

LondonRegion

CroydonLocal Authority

Croydon SouthConstituency

CR8 4DSPostcode

0.0

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Nicholas School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 4–11, located in Croydon, London.

The school is rated Requires improvement by Ofsted. It currently serves 273 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Requires improvement

Behaviour &attitudes

Requires improvement

Early yearsprovision

Requires improvement

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 0%
Higher standard: 0%
Maths score: 93

Ethnicity

White

23%

Asian

15%

Black

30%

Mixed

18%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

12%

Pupils

273

Total Pupils

71%Boys

29%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

44%

England average

27%

First language not English

27%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 273
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
27 Jun 2024	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement
18 Jun 2014	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.