St Nicholas Catholic Primary School is a primary school located in Exeter. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 28/11/2018. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading is average, progress in writing is below average, progress in maths is well below average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 3.1%, which is 0.9 percentage points higher than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Ringswell Avenue, Exeter, EX1 3EG
Website: www.st-nicholas-exeter.devon.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01392445403
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Devon
Headteacher / Principal: Miss Kelli Reynolds
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 139394

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 28/11/2018

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 3 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 327
Number of Pupils: 303
Number of Boys: 144
Number of Girls: 159

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 3.1% 4%
Persistent absence: 6.3% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Below Average: -0.6 Confidence interval -2.3 to 1.2
Writing
Below Average: -2.2 Confidence interval -3.9 to -0.6
Maths
Well Below Average: -3.9 Confidence interval -5.5 to -2.4

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:65%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:13%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:105
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:102
England Average:105

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Primary

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Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
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Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
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School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.