St James the Great Roman Catholic Primary School

St James the Great Roman Catholic Primary School is performing well, continuing to be recognized as a good school. Leaders and staff prioritize a nurturing environment that allows pupils to thrive academically and socially. Parents express confidence in the safety and care their children receive, and pupils demonstrate kindness and helpfulness towards one another and adults alike. The school's approach to reading has proven effective, particularly through a structured phonics program that ensures all pupils, including those with special educational needs, develop strong reading skills early on.

Strengths

• Pupils are well cared for in a nurturing environment.
• Strong focus on reading with an effective phonics program.
• All pupils develop a love for reading and access resources that match their skills.
• Well-planned curriculum that prepares pupils for future education.
• Pupils with SEND receive appropriate support to access the curriculum.
• High expectations from staff lead to positive pupil behavior and engagement.
• Strong community ties with initiatives to support local organizations.

Areas for Improvement

• In some subjects, teaching does not emphasize key content needed for future learning.
• Subject-specific vocabulary is not consistently developed across all subjects.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at St James the Great Roman Catholic Primary School attended 96.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at St James the Great Roman Catholic Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 St James the Great Roman Catholic Primary School had 20.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 19.2% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 16.7% of pupils at St James the Great Roman Catholic Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 St James the Great Roman Catholic Primary School received £9,760 and spent £9,917 for each of its 221 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £270,000 (£1,220 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is St James the Great Roman Catholic Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St James the Great Roman Catholic Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2022.

When was St James the Great Roman Catholic Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

St James the Great Roman Catholic Primary School was last inspected in November 2022.

How many pupils does St James the Great Roman Catholic Primary School have?

St James the Great Roman Catholic Primary School has 228 pupils on roll.

What age range does St James the Great Roman Catholic Primary School cover?

St James the Great Roman Catholic Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are St James the Great Roman Catholic Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 75% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St James the Great Roman Catholic Primary School?

St James the Great Roman Catholic Primary School is at Peckham Road, St James the Great Catholic Pr, London, SE15 5LP.