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St Nicholas Church of England First School

Primary · Academy converter · Mixed · Staffordshire

Belvide Gardens, Wolverhampton, WV8 1AN

Website 01902842998

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headline score

Ranking (England)

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No ranked results

Ofsted

Standards maintained

No graded inspection

Application demand

90%

1st preference success · Oversubscribed

Attendance

96.5%

5.1% persistently absent

Above averageAround averageBelow averagecompared with the England average for state-funded schools.

At a glance

Pupils on roll

339

Capacity used

Over capacity

113%

300 places

GCSE rank (England)

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KS2 rank (England)

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Application demand

Primary entry · official council applications and offers

Oversubscribed

90%

1st preference success rate

56 of 62 families who put it first got an offer

60

Places offered

118

Total applications

2.0

Applications per place

Preference (Sept 2025 entry)ApplicationsOffersSuccess
1st preference6256● 90%
2nd preference294● 14%
3rd preference220● 0%
Later preferences50● 0%
Total1186051%

1st preference success by year

83%
2020
87%
2021
92%
2022
86%
2023
100%
2024
90%
2025

Staffordshire lets families list 3 preferences. 19 applications came from outside the council area (4 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.

Details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
Age range
3–9
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Sixth form
No
Nursery
Has Nursery Classes
Boarding
No boarders
Headteacher
Jodie Parker
Address
Belvide Gardens, Chillington Drive, Wolverhampton, WV8 1AN
Phone
01902842998
Local authority
Staffordshire
Ward / constituency
Codsall · Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
Area
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
142986

Pupils

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Free school meals8%——
English as additional language3%——
SEN support11%——
53% boys (178)47% girls (161)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)

1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.

Academy trust: CODSALL MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

339 pupils · 300 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

  1. 25

    02 April 2025

    Ungraded inspection

    Standards maintained
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Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 253 pupils

Attendance

96.5%

Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%

Overall absence

3.5%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%

Persistent absence

5.1%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%

Severe absence

0.4%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

0.8%

Absences the school didn't approve

Persistent absence by year

3%
20/21
9%
21/22
7%
22/23
5%
23/24
5%
24/25

Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.

House prices near the school

Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.

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Key application dates

National deadlines in England. Apply through Staffordshire council, not the school.

EntryDeadlineOffer day
Reception (primary)15 January16 April (or next working day)

Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.