St Nicholas CofE Primary

Academy converter·Primary school Alcester, Warwickshire·B49 6AG
Composite score
40.8
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#10,680
National rank
#1156
In West Midlands
#120
In Warwickshire
Top 72%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
52%
% achieving higher RWM
6%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
47 first choices, 52 places
First choices per place
0.90
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
78
any preference, for 52 places
Applications from another council area
4%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.04
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1 per place
1.0020220.9820231.0220240.9420250.902026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St Nicholas CofE Primary first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
426
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
22.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
5.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
13.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,148
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

St Nicholas CofE Primary at a glance

Located in Alcester, Warwickshire, St Nicholas CofE Primary is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 426 pupils aged 4 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 52% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 8.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 6% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Nicholas CofE Primary was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 47 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.1%. There are about 23.4 pupils per teacher. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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