St Nicolas CofE Academy

St Nicolas C of E Academy is performing well, achieving a good overall effectiveness rating. The school demonstrates notable strengths in the early years provision, where children make exceptional progress in their language skills. With a strong focus on reading, pupils are taught phonics effectively from the start, leading to fluent reading skills. The supportive environment fostered by staff ensures that pupils feel safe, behave well, and are well prepared for the next stages of their education.

Strengths

• High expectations for all pupils, including those with SEND.
• Effective teaching of phonics leading to fluent reading.
• Strong relationships between staff and pupils.
• Effective support for pupils' mental health.
• Exciting curriculum with a variety of extracurricular activities.

Areas for Improvement

• In some subjects, key learning is not clearly identified.
• Learning is not always broken down into manageable steps.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at St Nicolas CofE Academy attended 96.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.7% of pupils at St Nicolas CofE Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 St Nicolas CofE Academy had 24.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 6.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 15.3% of pupils at St Nicolas CofE Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 St Nicolas CofE Academy received £5,892 and spent £5,980 for each of its 425 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £164,000 (£386 per pupil).

Across all 22 schools of The Diocese of Coventry Multi-Academy Trust, income was £7,560 and spending £7,478 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Nuneaton · Warwickshire local authority: places and applications

St Nicolas CofE Academy is part of The Diocese of Coventry Multi-Academy Trust, which runs 22 schools. The nearest others:

• Queen's Church of England Academy Nuneaton
• St Michael's Church of England Academy Bedworth
• St James' CofE Academy Bedworth
• All Saints Bedworth CofE Academy Bedworth
• St Laurences CofE Primary School Coventry
• St John's Church of England Academy Coventry
• St Bartholomew's Church of England Academy Coventry
• Stretton Church of England Academy Coventry
• Leigh Church of England Academy Coventry
• Ryton-On-Dunsmore Provost Williams Church of England Academy Coventry

What is St Nicolas CofE Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Nicolas CofE Academy is Good, from an inspection in July 2024.

When was St Nicolas CofE Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

St Nicolas CofE Academy was last inspected in July 2024.

How many pupils does St Nicolas CofE Academy have?

St Nicolas CofE Academy has 424 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Nicolas CofE Academy cover?

St Nicolas CofE Academy for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are St Nicolas CofE Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 61% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Nicolas CofE Academy?

St Nicolas CofE Academy is at Windermere Avenue, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV11 6HJ.