Key Information

In the event of school closure, parents may be sent a text message and our school Facebook and/or website will be updated.

  

SEND

Our Inclusion Co-ordinator (INCO) is :

Mrs V. Mainetti

If you would like to speak to our Inclusion Co-ordinator please call or email on :

0208 953 3015
admin@stnicholas610.herts.sch.uk

Downloads:

SEND Information Report

Equality SchemeInclusion PolicyComplaints Policy

Have you heard of the Local Offer website?  The Local Offer lets parents and young people know what special educational needs and disabilities services are available in Hertfordshire, and who can access them. 

Hertfordshire Local Offer

 

GDPR

Our Data Protection Officer(s) :

Revd. David Aplin

dpo@stnicholas610.herts.sch.uk
GDPR NoticePrivacy PolicyPrivacy Notice - GovernorsPrivacy Notice- Parents/CarersPrivacy Notice - Staff

If you would like to discuss anything within these privacy notices, please contact:

Revd D Aplin via the school office on admin@stnicholas610.herts.sch.uk

SAFEGUARDING

Safeguarding is defined as protecting children from maltreatment, preventing impairment of health and/or development, ensuring that children grow up in the provision of safe & effective care and optimising children's life chances.

Our Child Protection Policy forms part of a suite of documents and policies which relate to the safeguarding responsibilities of our school in particular the Safer Recruitment Policy, Positive Behaviour Policy and Anti-Bullying Policy. 

Keeping your child safe means:

  • The health and safety of all children
  • Making sure that the adults who work here have undergone safety and security checks
  • Protecting children from deliberate harm
  • Being an anti-bullying school
  • Meeting the needs of children with medical conditions
  • Providing first aid
  • Children enjoying safe educational visits/trips
  • Caring for children's personal needs
  • Keeping children safe when using the internet
  • Making sure our school is safe and secure
  • Being a 'listening school'
  • Ensuring the children know who to go to if they have a problem


Our Designated Safeguarding Lead is:

Mrs K. Johnston-Grant

Our Deputy Designated Safeguarding staff are :

Mrs E. Hugill
Mrs V. Mainetti
Mrs E. Porges
Mrs G. Jenkins

Our link Safeguarding Governor is:
Mr J. Scott 

Safeguarding Policy

 

 

ADMISSIONS

 Admission to St Nicholas School is dealt with by Hertfordshire County Council.

To enquire about joining our school please go to
www.hertsdirect.gov.uk or call 0300 123 4048 

St Nicholas School is its own admitting authority and determines the admission arrangements for entry into each academic year. 

The admissions arrangements are confirmed with the Governors each year in the Autumn Term.

The number of children needing a Reception place in Hertfordshire is decreasing and, in this area, there are more Reception places than needed to meet local demand. In line with this falling demand, the school will be reducing it's intake across Years 1 and 2 to 30 (in one class) to ensure infant class size legislation is met and the school's financial stability going forward,

 

Please note we do not have a Nursery Class.

 

If you have a child who is due to start Reception Class in September 2024 the online admission system will soon be open for you to apply for a school place.

Below is a list of dates when we are welcoming potential new parents to visit us at St Nicholas. If you would like to come along on one of the dates/times below, please email the school office HERE with your preferred slot.

Tuesday 17th October - 9.30am

Thursday 19th October - 9.30am & 1.30pm

Friday 20th October - 9.30am

Thursday 2nd November - 9.30am & 130pm

Friday 3rd November - 9.30am

 

RECEPTION ADMISSIONS

 


Please contact the school office to arrange a visit of the school.

Important dates for Reception admissions.

  • Online System opens : 1st November 2023
  • Application Deadline : 15th January 2024
  • National Allocation Day : 16th April 2024
  • Deadline to accept place : 1st May 2024

 

RECEPTION ADMISSION DOCUMENTS
Foundation Form 2023-2024Foundation Form 2024-2025

 

ADMISSION DOCUMENTS

 


Determined Admission Policy 2023-2024Determined Admission Policy 2024-2025

POLICIES

Reading Books : All reading books must be looked after by your child.
Damaged or lost books will incur a £5 charge to cover the cost of replacement.

 

 FINANCIAL BENCHMARKING

DFE Schools Financial Benchmarking WebsiteThere are no Employees with a gross annual income of over £100,000.00

OFSTED & DIOCESE 

OFSTED : 'St Nicholas is a GOOD School'

SIAMS : 'Respect and kindness are well developed in this Church school, so pupils behave and live well together, enabling all to flourish.'

Ofsted Report 2018

SIAMS Inspection Report 2023

 

PUPIL PREMIUM 

Application Form - EARLY YEARS PUPIL PREMIUM

What is Pupil Premium?

The Pupil Premium was introduced in April 2011. Schools are allocated funding for children from low-income families who are eligible for free school meals, looked after children and those from families with parents in the Armed Forces. From April 2012 the Pupil Premium was extended to include children who had been eligible for free school meals at any point in the last six years (FSM 'Ever 6').

Schools will have the freedom to spend the Premium, which is additional to the underlying schools budget, in a way they think will best support the raising of attainment for the most vulnerable pupils.

We encourage parents to register their child as eligible for FSM so that each school receives their maximum Pupil Premium entitlement.

Schools are required from September 2012 to make a report on-line as to how they have used the Pupil Premium and the impact it has had on pupil attainment and progress. Whilst the DfE is clear that this information must be published on-line there is no specific advice about how schools should report on the use and impact of Pupil Premium.

During inspections particular attention will be given to how schools are using pupil premium and the impact it is having on pupil attainment and progress.


DOWNLOAD OUR CURRENT PUPIL PREMIUM STRATEGY HERE

DATE OF NEXT REVIEW : Our Pupil Premium Strategy is reviewed each year in July.

 

SPORTS PREMIUM

 What is Sports Premium?

The Government is providing additional funding to improve the provision of physical education (PE) and sport in primary schools. This funding - provided jointly by the Departments for Education, Health and Culture, Media and Sport - will be allocated to primary school headteachers.

This funding is ring-fenced and schools must spend the additional funding on improving their provision of PE and sport, but they will have the freedom to choose how they do this. However they will be held to account over how they spend their ring fenced funding.

What Ofsted is looking for?
Ofsted will be amending their guidance provided to Ofsted inspectors to ensure that PE and sport are given high priority when assessing the overall provision offered by schools. Inspectors will be assessing how well schools have used their Sport Premium funding to improve the quality and breadth of PE and school sport provision and participation. Ofsted will also carry out a survey reporting on the impact of the new funding and holding schools to account on how they have spent their Sport Premium money.
A paragraph in inspectors’ subsidiary guidance provides a useful list of factors that they will be looking for when considering the impact of the new primary school sport funding. They include:

  • The increase in participation rates in such activities as games, dance, gymnastics, swimming and athletics
  • The increase and success in competitive school sports.
  • How much more inclusive the physical education curriculum has become.
  • The growth in the range of provisional and alternative sporting activities.
  • The improvement in partnership work on physical education with other schools and other local partners.
  • Links with other subjects that contribute to pupils’ overall achievement and their greater social, spiritual,
    moral and cultural skills.

 

DOWNLOAD OUR SPORTS PREMIUM 2022-2023 HERE

DOWNLOAD OUR SPORTS PREMIUM 2023-2024 HERE

DOWNLOAD OUR SWIMMING DATA HERE - Currently being updated

SCHOOL RESULTS

For further information please visit : DfE Performance Tables

Early Years Foundation Stage Profile 2019 :
Good level of development 81%


Phonics Check 2019 :
Year 1 75% PASSED

KS1 Results 2019 :

 

Reading

Writing

Maths

% pupils at expected standard

56%

72%

72%

% pupils working at greater depth

24%

16%

24%

 

KS2 Results 2019 :

 

Reading

Writing

Maths

GPS

% pupils at expected standard

54%

69%

69%

73%

% pupils achieving greater depth

23%

15%

23%

35%

Average Progress Scores

-1.5

-1.1

-0.3

...

Average Scaled Scores

101.0

...

102.7

104.7