St Nicolas Church of England Primary School, AbingdonSt Edmund's Catholic Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Abingdon.

Summary of the comparison

St Nicolas Church of England Primary School, Abingdon and St Edmund's Catholic Primary School are primary schools in Abingdon.

  • St Nicolas Church of England Primary School, Abingdon scores 71 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and St Edmund's Catholic Primary School scores 68 out of 100 (grade C, average). St Nicolas Church of England Primary School, Abingdon is ahead on our composite score.

  • St Nicolas Church of England Primary School, Abingdon was judged Good and St Edmund's Catholic Primary School was judged the expected standard.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 69.0% for St Nicolas Church of England Primary School, Abingdon and 50.0% for St Edmund's Catholic Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has held broadly level at St Nicolas Church of England Primary School, Abingdon (67.0% in 2022-23, 69.0% in 2024-25) and has fallen at St Edmund's Catholic Primary School (60.0% in 2022-23, 50.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

St Nicolas Church of England Primary School, Abingdon versus St Edmund's Catholic Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure AbingdonSt Nicolas Church of England Primary School, AbingdonAbingdonSt Edmund's Catholic Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreB71/100Stronger figureC68/100
Local ranking29th of 236 in Oxfordshire Stronger figure40th of 236 in Oxfordshire
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeVoluntary controlled school Voluntary aided school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll404 191
Capacity436 240
LocationAbingdon, OX14 1HB Abingdon, OX14 3PP
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard69.0% Stronger figure50.0% 62.0%
At higher standard6.0% 8.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score109.0 Stronger figure105.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score108.0 Stronger figure101.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census404 191
Free school meals (ever 6)15.1% 17.6%
English as an additional language12.6% 25.1%
SEN support11.4% 25.1%
SEN with an EHC plan6.2% 5.2%
Attendance
Overall absence5.1% Stronger figure6.0% 6.2%
Persistent absence12.3% 11.2% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

St Nicolas Church of England Primary School, Abingdon

St Edmund's Catholic Primary School

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