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Beverley St Nicholas Primary School

Primary · Beverley · HU17 0QP

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 7 June 2018

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At a glance

287 pupils · 64% of 446 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
36.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
7.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
11.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.stnicholasprimaryschool.co.uk
URN
149622

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 21 families named it first for 28 Reception places, 0.75 first choices per place. We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 7 June 2018 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.75 first-choice applications per place

28 places offered · 21 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

42 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
24%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
99
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
95
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school24%
Median of its 12 closest peers57.5%
East Riding of Yorkshire average58.9%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Holmgate Primary School and NurseryChesterfield · 62 miles awayGood63%
Dell Primary SchoolLowestoft · 129 miles awayNeeds attention47%
Harlow Green Community Primary SchoolGateshead · 88 miles awayGood64%
Easingwold Community Primary SchoolYork · 38 miles awayGood55%
Market Deeping Community Primary SchoolMarket Deeping · 80 miles awayGood58%
Pennoweth Primary SchoolRedruth · 322 miles awayGood56%
Norton Canes Primary AcademyCannock · 103 miles awayGood73%
Hawes Side AcademyBlackpool · 107 miles awayUrgent improvement40%
Wallisdean Junior SchoolFareham · 209 miles awayExpected standard61%
Horncastle Primary SchoolHorncastle · 45 miles awayGood57%
St Michael's Catholic Primary Academy and NurseryWolverhampton · 114 miles awayNo current grade76%
Pennine Way Junior AcademySwadlincote · 88 miles awayGood54%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 88% (East Riding of Yorkshire 89%, England 60%) · Any other White background 3% (East Riding of Yorkshire 4%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 2% (East Riding of Yorkshire 0%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (East Riding of Yorkshire 0%, England 1%) · Black African 1% (East Riding of Yorkshire 1%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (East Riding of Yorkshire 1%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (East Riding of Yorkshire 2%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (East Riding of Yorkshire 0%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (East Riding of Yorkshire 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (East Riding of Yorkshire 0%, England 2%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
17.9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

13.24 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · East Riding of Yorkshire: 2.14 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
25.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

90% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 10% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

60% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.9 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £53,453; 15.4% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£6,650
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 6% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £73,000; in-year balance +£106,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher37.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications15.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work40.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways11.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health49%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier63.5%62.3%
Social housing7.2%17.1%
Privately rented29.2%20.5%
Detached houses17.7%22.9%
Flats14.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms19%21.1%
Households with no car or van13.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01013040 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£210,000625 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£162,000–£300,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (124)£343,500
Semi-detached (171)£220,000
Terraced (268)£185,000
Flat (62)£124,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
2an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
18an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
2an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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