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St Nicolas’ Church of England Combined School, Taplow SL6

Rectory Road, Taplow, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 0ET

10 reasons to choose St Nicolas' Church of England Combined School, Taplow

Main point of differentiation

St Nicolas’ Church of England Combined School, Taplow is one of the best state primary schools in the Maidenhead area, ranking in the top 15% in the country, with a Schoolsmith Score® of 68. It also has one of the best arts curricula among local primary schools. (read the area review here)

School fundamentals

St Nicolas’ Church of England Combined School, Taplow is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 4 and 11 years. It is a Church of England academy converter faith school. It is a Single Academy Trust. The school was also rated as Good by Ofsted in its last (2023) inspection.

Average class size

St Nicolas’ Church of England Combined School, Taplow has one class per year, and an average class size of 32 pupils.

Exam results

Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that St Nicolas’ Church of England Combined School, Taplow ranks in the top 30% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, the school achieves above average scores for pupil progress.

The St Nicolas' Church of England Combined School, Taplow curriculum

School curriculum emphasises Christian social morality and also includes PSHE, French. Enquiry skills are developed within the subjects and with some cross-curricular projects. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.

More on the curriculum

There are educational day trips, visiting speakers and a residential trip for Year 6.

Specialist teaching

Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with specialist teaching for music.

Sport at St Nicolas' Church of England Combined School, Taplow

School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.

The Arts at St Nicolas' Church of England Combined School, Taplow

Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. The school offers each pupil over 5 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.

Wraparound care

Out of school hours care from 7.30am to 6.00pm.

Find another school near St Nicolas' Church of England Combined School, Taplow

Independent Prep Schools

St Piran’s School, Maidenhead (2.4 miles); Highfield Preparatory School (2.5 miles); Caldicott School (4 miles).

State Primary Schools

Oldfield Primary School, Maidenhead (1.8 miles); Furze Platt Junior School (2.9 miles); St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary School, Maidenhead (3.6 miles).

Independent Senior Schools

Claires Court Schools (2.5 miles); Long Close School (5.1 miles).

State Senior Schools

Burnham Grammar School (2 miles); The Westgate School (3.2 miles); Herschel Grammar School (4 miles).

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