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St Nicolas' Church of England Infant School

Primary · Guildford · GU2 4YD

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 23 April 2025

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At a glance

81 pupils · 90% of 90 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
5–7
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
1.2% of pupils (January 2026)
Website
www.st-nicolas-guildford.com/
URN
151817

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 40 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 1.33 first choices per place. We hold 8 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2019 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its inspection on 23 April 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.33 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 40 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

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

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Criterion 6 (Children whose home address is within 2000 metres of the school at the time of application)
0.521 km (≈0.32 mi)

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 63% (Surrey 64%, England 60%) · Any other White background 15% (Surrey 9%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 5% (Surrey 3%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Surrey 4%, England 3%) · Not recorded 4% (Surrey 1%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Surrey 3%, England 2%) · Black African 2% (Surrey 2%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 1% (Surrey 4%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Surrey 3%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Surrey 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Surrey 1%, 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)
3.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
1.8%
England 17.5%

Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
21.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

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

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £49,153; 14.3% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher70.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications4.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work62.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways5%18.1%
Residents in very good health64.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier82%62.3%
Social housing0.6%17.1%
Privately rented17.3%20.5%
Detached houses57.1%22.9%
Flats18.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms53.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van11.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01030448 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£525,000365 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£350,000–£820,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (65)£1,255,000
Semi-detached (90)£658,500
Terraced (52)£594,000
Flat (158)£325,000

Homes around this school are dearer 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
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
6an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
39an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
8an 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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