St Nicholas CofE VA Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
B76
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Harpenden, AL5 2TP
- Distance
- 0.4km away
Harpenden Academy
25 Vaughan Road, Harpenden, AL5 4EL
Local ranking51st of 388 primary schools in Hertfordshire
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
—
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 5 February 2025.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 81.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 19.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 91.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 88.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 81.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 91.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 110.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 111.0
- Cohort Size
- 32
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 214
- Boys
- 97 (45%)
- Girls
- 119 (55%)
- SEND
- 14.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 6.5%
- EAL
- 17.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.7%
- SEN Support
- 10.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 23.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 9.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,037/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 3.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 5.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 55.2%
- White Other: 7.5%
- Mixed Other: 7.5%
- Asian Other: 5.7%
- Asian Chinese: 5.2%
- Asian Indian: 4.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 3.3%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.4%
55.2%
White British
7.5%
White Other
7.5%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
25 Vaughan Road
Harpenden, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 143648
- UKPRN
- 10061669
- Establishment No.
- 2060
- Trust
- SCHOLARS' EDUCATION TRUST
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