Primary schools1 · phase from the school’s name
Photo: Alan Hughes · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
Schools in St Nicholas · Welsh Government, DfE register
Welsh-medium schools are rarer in St Nicholas: 0%, below Wales’s schools
Measured that way, St Nicholas is below Wales’s schools (22%). 1 state-funded school is located in St Nicholas’s built-up area. Wales doesn’t publish school-level results comparable with England’s Key Stage 2 and GCSE tables, so Welsh towns have no School Grade; St Nicholas’s overall grade uses its other subjects.
State schools
1
1 primary, 0 secondary
Pupils
152
Welsh Government school census
Welsh-medium
0 of 1
mainstream schools
School Grade
Not graded
Wales doesn’t publish school-level results
What stands out about St Nicholas’s schools
Faith schools
St Nicholas C.I.W. Primary have a religious character; some give priority by church attendance when full. Getting a place ↓
Written from the Welsh Government’s list of schools and DfE’s register on this page.
Map
Where St Nicholas’s state school is
Each school at its address, coloured by its teaching language and sized by pupils. Open a school for its own page. The dashed shape is St Nicholas’s built-up area.
© OpenStreetMap contributors
PrimarySecondarySpecial, nursery, 16–19Size: pupilsWelsh-mediumDual languageEnglish-medium
Most schools give places by distance once siblings are in, so the schools nearest a home matter more than any league table.
Welsh and English
Which language St Nicholas’s schools teach in
Mainstream state schools by the Welsh Government’s language category. The black tick is the share across Wales.
Welsh-medium 00%
Dual language 00%
English-medium 1100%
No Welsh-medium primary in St Nicholas. Welsh-medium schools teach mainly in Welsh and bring pupils to fluency in both languages; English-medium schools teach Welsh as a subject; dual-language schools teach in both.
Getting a place
How school places work in St Nicholas
Vale of Glamorgan Council handles applications for every state school in St Nicholas. You apply to the council where you live, even for a school in another area.
Starting school or moving to secondaryApply to Vale of Glamorgan Council. Each Welsh council sets its own closing dates, usually in the autumn or winter before a September start.
Welsh-medium or English-mediumFamilies choose. Welsh-medium schools take children from homes that speak no Welsh, and teach them in Welsh from the start.
Moving mid-yearAsk the council for an in-year place; it tells you which schools have room.
When a school is full
Every school publishes its admissions rules. Children in care come first, then, at most schools, brothers and sisters of current pupils, then those who live nearest. 1 of St Nicholas’s 1 mainstream schools have a religious character; some of them give priority by church attendance, so check each school’s rules. Infant classes are limited to 30 by law. If you’re refused a place, you can appeal to an independent panel.
The schools
1 state school in St Nicholas
Every state school in St Nicholas, from DfE’s register of schools (GIAS) and the Welsh Government’s list of schools (pupils, language). Wales publishes no school-level results. Each school has its own page.
Village schools near St Nicholas1 · outside any built-up area; St Nicholas is the nearest town
Pupils: Welsh Government school census, as in its April 2026 list of schools.
Neighbours
St Nicholas and the places around it
State schools and Welsh-medium schools in the built-up areas around St Nicholas.
WenvoeBarryCreigiauDinas PowisPentyrchRhoosePontyclunSt Nicholas
How to read these numbers
Wales doesn’t publish school-level results
- Not published in Wales. England publishes each school’s Key Stage 2 and GCSE results; Wales publishes no school-level results tables comparable with them. Estyn inspects Welsh schools and publishes a report on each, without a one-word judgement. So we list St Nicholas’s schools and leave the School Grade out, rather than grade Welsh towns on a different measure.
- Estyn. Each school’s latest inspection report is on Estyn’s website: search by the school’s name. estyn.gov.wales ↗
Questions about schools in St Nicholas
Are schools in St Nicholas good?
Wales doesn’t publish school-level results, so Welsh towns, St Nicholas among them, have no School Grade. The overall grade uses the other subjects.
How many state schools are in St Nicholas?
1 open state-funded school is located in St Nicholas’s built-up area: 1 primary, 0 secondary and 0 other.
Are there Welsh-medium schools in St Nicholas?
None of the mainstream state schools inside St Nicholas’s built-up area teaches mainly in Welsh; Vale of Glamorgan Council can say which Welsh-medium school serves the area.
How do I apply for a school place in St Nicholas?
Through Vale of Glamorgan Council, which sets its own closing dates for primary and secondary places.
Why do St Nicholas’s schools have no grades?
Wales doesn’t publish school-level results comparable with England’s tests and GCSE tables, so we don’t grade Welsh schools or towns on schools. Estyn publishes an inspection report on each school.
Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Welsh establishments; Welsh Government address list of schools in Wales (April 2026: language, sector, pupils). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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