St Nicolas & St Mary CofE Primary School[1]

Primary · ages 2–11

Headline results

KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard: KS2 71% 71% 2024/25[2]

Results

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths): 71% 2024/25[2]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths): 12% 2024/25[2]
Reading, average scaled score: 108 2024/25[2]
Maths, average scaled score: 106 2024/25[2]

Earlier years
Year	Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)	Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)	Reading, average scaled score	Maths, average scaled score
2023/24	68%[3]	2%[3]	108[3]	107[3]
2022/23	66%[4]	7%[4]	107[4]	104[4]

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 4 Dec 2024[5]
Type: Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[5]
Report published: 20 Jan 2025[5]
Safeguarding is effective?: Yes[5]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections: Standards maintained[5]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place: 2.7 Entry Sept 2026[6]
Applications (any preference): 136 Entry Sept 2026[6]
First preferences: 50 Entry Sept 2026[6]
Places offered: 50 Entry Sept 2026[6]
First preferences per place: 1.0 Entry Sept 2026[6]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	119[6]	47[6]	47[6]	2.5[6]	1.0[6]
Entry Sept 2024	120[6]	56[6]	57[6]	2.1[6]	1.0[6]
Entry Sept 2023	124[6]	69[6]	60[6]	2.1[6]	1.1[6]

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy converter[1]
Ages: 2–11[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Faith: Church of England[1]
Sixth form: No[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 420[1]
Trust: DIOCESE OF CHICHESTER ACADEMY TRUST[1]
Local authority: West Sussex[1]
Website: www.stnicolasmary.w-sussex.sch.uk [1]
District: Adur [7]
Postcode: BN43 6PE[1]
URN: 149006[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll: 391 2024/25[8]
English as an additional language: 3.3% 2024/25[8]
SEN support: 14.8% 2024/25[8]
EHC plan: 2.1% 2024/25[8]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 10.5% 2024/25[8]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 88.5%[9]
Mixed: 8.9%[9]
Asian: 1.8%[9]
Black: 0.3%[9]
Any other ethnic group: 0.3%[9]
Unclassified: 0.3%[9]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

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.
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.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. 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.
Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.