St Nicholas School[1]
Special · ages 4–11
Headline results
Special schools' results are not shown as headlines: they are not comparable with mainstream schools'.
Results
Results at special schools and alternative provision aren't comparable with mainstream schools'. Shown as published, not compared.
Primary (key stage 2)
- Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
- 0% 2024/25[2]
- Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
- 0% 2024/25[2]
- All results, 2021/22
- Not published[3]
- All results, 2020/21
- Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
- All results, 2019/20
- Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
Ofsted
- Latest inspection
- 8 May 2024[8]
- Type
- S5 Inspection[8]
- Report published
- 27 Jun 2024[8]
- Personal development
- Requires improvement[8]
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement[8]
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement[8]
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement[8]
- Safeguarding is effective
- Yes[8]
- Early years provision (where applicable)
- Requires improvement[8]
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Requires improvement[8]
Competition to get in
No published data for this school.
Character & practicalities
- Type
- Community special school[1]
- Ages
- 4–11[1]
- Boys / girls
- Mixed[1]
- Boarding
- No boarders[1]
- Capacity
- 265[1]
- Local authority
- Croydon[1]
- Website
- st-nicholas.croydon.sch.uk[1]
- District
- Croydon[11]
- Postcode
- CR8 4DS[1]
- URN
- 101854[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 274 2024/25[12]
- English as an additional language
- 32.1% 2024/25[12]
- SEN support
- 1.1% 2024/25[12]
- EHC plan
- 98.9% 2024/25[12]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 44.2% 2024/25[12]
Sources
- Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines 2021/22. Period 2021/22.
Archived copy; original.
Licence: OGL-3.0.
Quotes (2)
We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2016/17. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.