St Nicholas Chantry Church of England Primary School

St Nicholas Chantry Church of England Primary School is a welcoming, friendly primary school where pupils enjoy school and attendance is high. Inspectors found the school good across all key areas, following a previous requires improvement judgement, and safeguarding is effective. The school is part of the Futura Learning Partnership, and trust and local governance are strong, with robust quality assurance and an accurate view of the school’s work. The curriculum has been redeveloped and strengthened from Reception to Year 6. In the strongest subjects, pupils benefit from clear sequencing and regular revisiting of knowledge, and reading is taught well from the start, with precise support for pupils who fall behind. Early years provision helps children settle successfully and develop early maths, vocabulary and motor skills. Personal development is a particular strength, with well-planned enrichment, strong pupil leadership and a mature understanding of British values, health and online safety. Pupils’ behaviour is calm and purposeful, and pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities are identified and supported well. There are still areas to improve. In some subjects, staff checks on pupils’ knowledge are not precise enough, and assessment information is not always used to adapt teaching, so pupils do not build as much depth of knowledge as they could. In addition, not all staff have the training or expertise to make the pedagogical choices needed to teach the curriculum as planned, which limits depth in some subjects. This was a graded inspection under the current framework, so no overall effectiveness grade was given.

Strengths

• Welcoming and friendly school with strong values and high pupil attendance
• Staff have high expectations and pupils generally meet them with positive attitudes
• Pupils take pride in leadership roles and become self-assured and independent
• The school identifies and meets the needs of all pupils, including those with SEND
• Curriculum has been redeveloped and strengthened from Reception to Year 6
• In the strongest subjects, knowledge is clearly sequenced and regularly revisited
• Early years provision helps children settle and develop early maths, vocabulary and motor skills
• Reading is taught from the start, with books matched to pupils’ phonics knowledge
• Pupils who fall behind in reading receive precise support and catch up rapidly
• New behaviour system creates calm and purposeful conduct around the school
• Personal development is a strength, with well-planned enrichment and strong coverage of British values, health and online safety
• Governance and trust oversight are very effective, with robust quality assurance
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

Areas for Improvement

• In some subjects, checks on pupils’ knowledge are not sufficiently precise
• Assessment information is not always used to adapt teaching and support depth of learning
• Not all staff have the training or expertise to teach the curriculum as planned
• Pupils do not always build sufficient depth of knowledge in some subjects

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 Nicholas Chantry Church of England Primary School attended 95.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.5% 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, 2.1% of pupils at St Nicholas Chantry Church of England Primary School 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 Nicholas Chantry Church of England Primary School had 22.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.6% 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, 19.1% of pupils at St Nicholas Chantry Church of England Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.8% 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 Nicholas Chantry Church of England Primary School received £6,447 and spent £6,638 for each of its 329 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £108,000 (£327 per pupil).

Across all 26 schools of Futura Learning Partnership, income was £7,630 and spending £7,598 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 Clevedon · North Somerset local authority: places and applications

St Nicholas Chantry Church of England Primary School is part of Futura Learning Partnership, which runs 26 schools. The nearest others:

• All Saints Church of England Primary School Clevedon
• Clevedon School Clevedon
• Yeo Moor Primary School Clevedon
• Mary Elton Primary School North Somerset
• Tickenham Church of England Primary School Clevedon
• Chestnut Park Primary Yatton
• Four Acres Academy Bristol
• Bedminster Down School Bristol
• Cheddar Grove Primary School Bristol
• Wansdyke Primary School Bristol

What is St Nicholas Chantry Church of England Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Nicholas Chantry Church of England Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2024.

When was St Nicholas Chantry Church of England Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Nicholas Chantry Church of England Primary School was last inspected in November 2024.

How many pupils does St Nicholas Chantry Church of England Primary School have?

St Nicholas Chantry Church of England Primary School has 325 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Nicholas Chantry Church of England Primary School cover?

St Nicholas Chantry Church of England Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are St Nicholas Chantry Church of England Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 84% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Nicholas Chantry Church of England Primary School?

St Nicholas Chantry Church of England Primary School is at Highdale Avenue, Clevedon, Somerset, BS21 7LT.