St Nicholas Catholic Primary School
Primary schoolSt Nicholas Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Exeter, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 269 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, September 2024: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 24 September 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 32% of pupils at St Nicholas Catholic Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 59% in Devon and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Devon | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 32% | 59% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101 | 104 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- St Peter's Church of England Aided SchoolSecondary. Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 50.9 (2025/26, provisional)640 m
- Whipton Barton Junior SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), June 2023. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)880 m
- St Luke's Church of England SchoolSecondary. Good (overall), May 2024. Attainment 8 of 45.6 (2025/26, provisional)890 m
- Whipton Barton Infants and Nursery SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, July 2023940 m
- Woodwater AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), March 2024. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)970 m
- Vranch House SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file1.1 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Exeter
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).