St Nicholas CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Wantage, Oxfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.8 miles
Published by Oxfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2012–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Nicholas CofE Primary School is a primary school in Wantage, Oxfordshire for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 11 January 2023. Oxfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.
St Nicholas CofE Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 2.8 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 7 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The 2026 Reception last distance offered was 2.8 miles, 17th longest of the 73 Oxfordshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (this one included).
- That 2026 distance was nearer the school than in 2025 but further than in 2012, and it has swung sharply between some years.
- For Reception 2026 there were 17 first-choice applications for 15 offers; all 15 went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families (12%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 53% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Oxfordshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Oxfordshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Sarajac Avenue, East Challow, Vale Academy Trust, Wantage, OX12 9RY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Oxfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 121 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 11 January 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to be part of the ‘St Nic’s’ community.”
- “Pupils of all ages work and play alongside each other well.”
- “Unkindness is rare and bullying is even rarer.”
To improve
- “However, there are a few subjects where the curriculum is not as well developed.”
- “In these subjects, the knowledge that teachers need to teach is not always clearly defined, meaning pupils do not learn as much as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 March 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 53% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 17 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 15 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Oxfordshire.
- Stockham Primary School 0.9 mi Some aspects not as strong
- The Ridgeway Church of England (C) Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good
- Wantage Church of England Primary School 1.3 mi Standards maintained
- Charlton Primary School 1.9 mi Standards maintained
- Millbrook Primary School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Wantage Primary Academy 2.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Grove Church of England School 2.3 mi Not judged
- St James Church of England Primary School, Hanney 3.7 mi School remains Good