Key Information

In the event of school closure, parents may be sent a text message, email & class Dojo message and our school Facebook, Instagram 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

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

Freedom of Information Policy GDPR Privacy Notice - Governors 2024 GDPR Privacy Notice - Staff 2024 GDPR Privacy Notice - Parents/Carers 2024 GDPR Privacy Notice - Pupils 2024 GDPR Subject Access Request Policy 2024

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:
Miss L Matley

Safeguarding Leaflet

ADMISSIONS

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

To make an application to join our school please go to
www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/admissions or call 0300 123 4043

Please complete & return to the school office
IN YEAR ADMISSIONS ENQUIRY FORM

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.

RECEPTION ADMISSIONS

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

Important dates for Reception admissions.

Online System opens : 1st November 2024
Application Deadline : 15th January 2025
National Allocation Day : 16th April 2025
Deadline to accept place : 2nd May 2025

RECEPTION ADMISSION DOCUMENTS
Applying through a Church - Foundation Form 2025-2026

ADMISSION DOCUMENTS

Determined Admission Policy 2024-2025

Determined Admission Policy 2025-2026

POLICIES

Some of our school policies are currently being updated. If you cannot find the policy needed in the list below, please contact the school office or check back here soon.

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

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

Ofsted Report 2023

SIAMS Inspection Report 2023

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.

VIEW OUR SPORTS PREMIUM 2023-2024 HERE

VIEW OUR SPORTS PREMIUM 2024-2025 HERE

VIEW OUR SWIMMING DATA HERE

SCHOOL RESULTS

For further information please visit : DfE Performance Tables

Due to small class sizes, our results may vary year-on-year and may not always be published on our school website.

Additionally, please be aware that our small cohort sizes can mean that our data is not always displayed on the DfE website. If this is the case, you will see ‘SUPP’ to identify that information has been suppressed because the underlying numbers are too small.

If you have any queries regarding the publication of SATs results please contact the school office.

Early Years Foundation Stage Profile :
Good level of development - 66.7%

Phonics Check 2024 :
70%

KS1 Results :

	Reading	Writing	Maths
% pupils at expected standard	36%	18%	54.5%
% pupils working at greater depth	9%	9%	9%

KS2 Results :

	Reading	Writing	Maths
% pupils at expected standard	45.45%	45.45%	27.27%
% pupils achieving greater depth	9.09%	18.18%	9.09%

St Nicholas C of E School

St Nicholas CofE School
Church Of England V.A Primary School