St Nicholas Church of England First School

Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–9 · Wolverhampton, Staffordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.807 miles

Published by Staffordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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St Nicholas Church of England First School is a primary school in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire for ages 3–9 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 2 April 2025. Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.

St Nicholas Church of England First 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	0.807 mi
Reception 2025	🔒 With a pass

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

For Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 0.807 miles away, nearer the school than in 2025.
The Reception 2026 distance of 0.807 miles was the 18th shortest of 58 Staffordshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance, where the middle figure was 1.27 miles.
Reception 2026 had 68 first-choice applications for 59 offers; 58 offers went to first-choice families and 10 first-choice families (15%) were not offered a place.
Of 125 applications for Reception 2026, 20 (16%) came from families living outside Staffordshire, and 1 offer went to them.

Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Staffordshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.

Key facts

Address: Belvide Gardens, Chillington Drive, Codsall, Wolverhampton, WV8 1AN
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–9
Religious character: Church of England
Council: Staffordshire
Pupils on roll: 339 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 7.7% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 28.1

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

Standards maintained Inspected 2 April 2025

Strengths

“St Nicholas is a welcoming school, where pupils have a deep sense of belonging.”
“The school’s values of respect, perseverance, care, trust and thankfulness are central to its work.”
“Staff are ambitious for what pupils can achieve.”

To improve

“Early writing is an area that the school have identified for development.”
“Some staff address early writing misconceptions swiftly and comprehensively, but others do not.”
“This leads to inconsistencies in the implementation of the writing curriculum.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 May 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 68 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 58 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 Staffordshire.

St Christopher's Catholic Primary Academy 0.6 mi Standards maintained
Lane Green First School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
Birches First School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
Perton First School 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Perton Primary Academy 2.5 mi Good
St Mary and St Chad CofE First School 3.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
St Paul's CofE First School 3.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
St Mary's Catholic Primary School 3.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published