St Nicholas School
Special schoolSt Nicholas School is a special school in Croydon, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 273 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Requires improvement (overall), May 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 8 May 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- 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, 0% of pupils at St Nicholas School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 68% in Croydon and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Croydon | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 68% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | Does not apply to this school | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | Does not apply to this school | 106 | 105 |
- St Nicholas School teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
- 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- Beaumont Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, February 2025. 90% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)80 m
- Abingdon House School PurleySpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file860 m
- St David's SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file1 km
- Harris Primary Academy KenleyPrimary. Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 km
- Woodcote Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade. 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 km
- Woodcote High SchoolSecondary. School remains Good, January 2024. Attainment 8 of 47.9 (2025/26, provisional)1.4 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Croydon
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).