Established 1967 Religion Roman Catholic Chair Mrs. Patricia Platt Number of students 210 | Type Primary Academy Principal Mr. Matthew Emery Phone +44 121 355 2649 Founded 1967 Staff 29 | |
Location Jockey Road
Sutton Coldfield
West Midlands
B73 5US
England Address Jockey Rd, Sutton Coldfield B73 5US, UK Motto Love, Live, Learn, with Jesus Christ Similar Abbey Catholic Primary S, Wylde Green Primary S, Boldmere Junior School, Holy Cross Catholic Primary S, St Josephs Catholic Primary S | ||
St. Nicholas Catholic Primary School is a mixed Catholic primary school with academy status, located in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands for pupils aged 4 to 11.
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History
St. Nicholas Catholic Primary School opened in 1967 after the demand for Catholic Education within Boldmere and New Oscott became too great. The school is located at the rear of St Nicholas' church, which was constructed in 1957. St Nicholas is a Member of the Catholic Partnership.
Academic standards
Following their inspection in March 2006 Ofsted assessed the school as Outstanding, the highest available category. They said: "This is an outstanding school where pupils are extremely well cared for and achieve very highly ... when they leave school at eleven they consistently reach exceptionally high standards. All groups of pupils make outstanding progress because teaching is consistently at least good, and often exemplary".
The school was described as the best primary school in Birmingham in December 2004.
In the Key Stage 2 tests in English, maths and science St Nicholas scored a perfect 300 in 2001 and was ranked the best school in the Midlands.
The school has a notably low rate of absenteeism. At 2.7% authorised absences are about half the local and national average whilst there were no recorded unauthorised absences.