St Nicholas Church of England Primary School, Tillingham

Maldon · CM0 7TJ

General information Primary School · 4-11 years Who goes here 87 pupils, 19.5% FSM

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St Nicholas Church of England Primary School, Tillingham

General Information

Address: The Street, Tillingham, Southminster, CM0 7TJ – View on map
Phone: 01621779263
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mrs Tara Clarke
Age range: 4-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 11 families put it first for 16 places – 7 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 7 · 2024 8 · 2025 8 · 2026 7
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England
Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

87 pupils out of 147 places Plenty of room

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 17
% eligible for free school meals: 19.5%
Pupil mix: 0 in 10 (less mixed than the Maldon average)
English as an additional language: 1% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 27% a year (Maldon 20.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 25% moved to another school, 75% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Across Essex: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 28 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
Suspensions for bullying: 17 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 7 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state primary schools in Essex (the council area this school is in), not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 9.4%
Persistently absent pupils: 26.9%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 20.7%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.1%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Social, emotional and mental health: 11 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 4 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 1 pupil

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

Good 2024 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted changed how it rates schools in the last couple of years, so ratings from different years aren't always on the same scale - that's why we show the year alongside every rating.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 47% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 17 percentage points below the Maldon average (64%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 34% against an expected 59%)
3-year average (expected standard): 34%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 47% · Writing 53% · Maths 53% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 53%
Average test scores: reading 104, maths 101
Based on: 15 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

SATs results over time

This schoolMaldon averageEngland↗ Improving Up 22 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 17 percentage points below the Maldon average (64%).

Year 6 SATs: 13th of 17 junior and primary schools in the area

#11Maylandsea Primary School63%
#12All Saints Maldon Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School48%
#13St Nicholas Church of England Primary School, Tillingham47%
#14Maldon Primary School46%
#15St Cedd's Church of England Primary School38%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Burnham-on-Crouch94%
#2Great Totham Primary School82%
#3Purleigh Community Primary School74%
#4Burnham-on-Crouch Primary School73%
#5Tollesbury School72%
#6Cold Norton Primary School70%
=7St Francis Catholic Primary School, Maldon67%
=7Wentworth Primary School67%
#9Tolleshunt D'Arcy St Nicholas Primary Academy65%
#10Heybridge Primary School64%
#11Maylandsea Primary School63%
#12All Saints Maldon Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School48%
#13St Nicholas Church of England Primary School, Tillingham47%
#14Maldon Primary School46%
#15St Cedd's Church of England Primary School38%
#16Christchurch Church of England Primary School33%
#17St Leonard's Church of England Primary School29%

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13th of 16 primary schools in Maldon for Ofsted rating

#11St Leonard's Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#12St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Burnham-on-CrouchGood
#13St Nicholas Church of England Primary School, TillinghamGood
#14Tollesbury SchoolGood
#15Tolleshunt D'Arcy St Nicholas Primary AcademyGood

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Ofsted Rating ranking

Based on real Ofsted ratings (via official DfE data) for schools on the same four-word grading scale.

Rank School Score

#1Burnham-on-Crouch Primary SchoolOutstanding
#2All Saints Maldon Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood
#3Cold Norton Primary SchoolGood
#4Great Totham Primary SchoolGood
#5Heybridge Primary SchoolGood
#6Maldon Primary SchoolGood
#7Maylandsea Primary SchoolGood
#8Purleigh Community Primary SchoolGood
#9St Cedd's Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#10St Francis Catholic Primary School, MaldonGood
#11St Leonard's Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#12St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Burnham-on-CrouchGood
#13St Nicholas Church of England Primary School, TillinghamGood
#14Tollesbury SchoolGood
#15Tolleshunt D'Arcy St Nicholas Primary AcademyGood
#16Wentworth Primary SchoolGood

Financials

Spending per pupil: £9,765 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

2nd of 19 primary schools in Maldon for spending per pupil

#1Limebrook Primary School and Nursery£11,504
#2St Nicholas Church of England Primary School, Tillingham£9,765
#3Tollesbury School£9,027
#4Tolleshunt D'Arcy St Nicholas Primary Academy£7,937

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1Limebrook Primary School and Nursery£11,504
#2St Nicholas Church of England Primary School, Tillingham£9,765
#3Tollesbury School£9,027
#4Tolleshunt D'Arcy St Nicholas Primary Academy£7,937
#5Christchurch Church of England Primary School£7,516
#6Maldon Primary School£7,231
#7All Saints Maldon Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School£6,756
#8St Cedd's Church of England Primary School£6,602
#9St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Burnham-on-Crouch£6,444
#10Burnham-on-Crouch Primary School£6,341
#11Wentworth Primary School£5,931
#12Maylandsea Primary School£5,922
#13St Francis Catholic Primary School, Maldon£5,916
#14St Leonard's Church of England Primary School£5,909
#15Heybridge Primary School£5,783
#16Cold Norton Primary School£5,675
#17Great Totham Primary School£5,553
#18Purleigh Community Primary School£5,248
#19Woodham Walter Church of England Primary Academy£1,951

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