3rd Primary school of Agios Nikolaos is a- 12 post  primary school  catering for a school population of 250 students and occupying 25-30 teachers of various majors including 1 learning assistance support teacher and 2 in-glassroom support teachers.

Our school is located in the coastal town of Agios Nicolaos, the capital of the prefecture of Lassithi. It is currently operating with 14 general  education  class groups , 1 special education class , learning assistance classes whereas in the past it also housed  a newcomers’ class.

The student body is of various socio-economic levels. A significant number of our students’ families have been severely affected by the economic crisis while an approximate  1/3 of  our students  descend from economic migrants (2nd or 3rd generation migrants).

Our school doesn’t face any accommodation problems and all the classrooms are basically functional. Our facilities include: an assembly hall with a projector-also suitable for screenings, a sound console, a library, a science lab with an interactive whiteboard, a computer room, a plant nursery, a whole-day classroom with nutrition equipment, an inclusion class, an indoors gym and a spacious playground. Most of our classrooms are equipped with  headlights in the prospect of whiteboards.

Our school encourages the participation in European partnerships through programmes such as erasmus+ , twinning etc. We have successfully fulfilled a two-year comenius programme in 2009 and several e-twinning partnerships which gave us the award eTwinning school 2018-19.