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St Nicholas Church School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Kilmersdon Road, Radstock BA3 3QH · stnicholasprimaryradstock.co.uk · 01761 432101
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · May 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 37%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Bath and North East Somerset 63%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 173
- 41% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 39.3%
- First language not English
- 11.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 16 families put the school first and 18 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 18 | 16 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 12 | 11 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 37% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 6% the higher standard. Across Bath and North East Somerset it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼37% | 62% | ||
| ●6% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼103 | 106 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 134238)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 9 May 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for St Nicholas Church School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 8 May 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Jan 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 134238), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jan 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 134238)
Jun 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 134238)
Jul 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 134238)
What parents said
89% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (28 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 89%
- Replies
- 28
- 15% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 89% who raised concerns
based on the 36% who had a child bullied
based on 11 parents (39%) with SEND