St Nicholas of Tolentine Catholic Primary School
About the school
St Nicholas of Tolentine Catholic Primary School is an open primary school in Bristol, City of.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 17 March 2026
- Published
- 14 May 2026
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
Category of concern: SM
Published inspection outcomes
Safeguarding
Met
Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Needs attention
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Inadequate
Quality of education
Inadequate
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Inadequate
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Inadequate
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 33%
- Bristol, City of
- 59%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 0%
- Bristol, City of
- 6%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 48%
- Bristol, City of
- 73%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 43%
- Bristol, City of
- 68%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 57%
- Bristol, City of
- 72%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 52%
- Bristol, City of
- 69%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 24%
- Bristol, City of
- 26%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 62%
- Bristol, City of
- 79%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 99
- Bristol, City of
- 105
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 99
- Bristol, City of
- 104
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 100
- Bristol, City of
- 104
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
135
Girls
46.67%
Boys
53.33%
SEN support
27.41%
Education, health and care plan
5.19%
English as an additional language
63.70%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
65.93%
Overall absence
6.82
Persistent absence
25.93