St Nicholas' School
State-Funded School
Academic PerformanceAbout the School
St Nicholas' School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 4–19, located in Kent, South East.
The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 402 pupils.
Ofsted Rating
9
2024
Subject Areas
Leadership &management
Good
Ethnicity
Pupils
Total Pupils
68%Boys
32%GirlsPupil Characteristics
DfE school census, January 2026.
Key Information
- Phase
- Special
- Age range
- 4 – 19
- Deprivation band
- Average
- Total pupils
- 402
- IDACI quintile
- 3 (Average)
Inspection history
Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.
School remains Good
Ungraded inspection on 7 February 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.
Read the inspection letter on Ofsted| Report published | Overall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Apr 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.
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