St James & St John Church of England Primary School

St James & St John Church of England Primary School has been judged to be working at a strong standard across every evaluated area, with safeguarding standards met. Inspectors found that pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities and disadvantaged pupils, achieve highly, and outcomes at the end of Year 6 in reading, writing and mathematics are consistently above national averages. Disadvantaged pupils achieve outcomes that exceed those of non-disadvantaged pupils nationally, and pupils are very well prepared for secondary school.

Strengths

• Pupils, including those with SEND and disadvantaged pupils, achieve highly across a range of subjects.
• Year 6 outcomes in reading, writing and mathematics are consistently above national averages.
• Disadvantaged pupils achieve outcomes exceeding those of non-disadvantaged pupils nationally.
• Pupils build on prior learning well and remember important concepts, skills and subject vocabulary.
• Attendance is prioritised from the early years, with high attendance and effective support for persistently absent pupils.
• Behaviour is excellent, with calm and purposeful routines and very rare bullying.
• The curriculum is ambitious, broad, well sequenced and routinely reviewed.
• Teachers use effective strategies to check understanding and address errors quickly.
• Early reading is taught skilfully, helping pupils develop confidence and fluency.
• Early years provision is excellent, nurturing and gives children a flying start.
• Inclusive practices ensure pupils with SEND and other barriers receive highly successful support.
• Leaders and governors are ambitious, make decisions in pupils' best interests and have robust assurance processes.
• Personal development is strong, with pupils learning compassion, integrity, safety and respect for diversity.
• Staff benefit from federation collaboration, which supports workload and wellbeing.
• Safeguarding standards are met.

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 & St John Church of England Primary School attended 94.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.7% 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 & St John Church of England 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 & St John Church of England Primary School had 23.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 44.4% 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, 12.6% of pupils at St James & St John Church of England Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.9% 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 & St John Church of England Primary School received £11,786 and spent £13,034 for each of its 143 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £157,000 (-£1,099 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 & St John Church of England Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St James & St John Church of England Primary School is Strong standard, from an inspection in June 2026.

When was St James & St John Church of England Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

St James & St John Church of England Primary School was last inspected in June 2026.

How many pupils does St James & St John Church of England Primary School have?

St James & St John Church of England Primary School has 143 pupils on roll.

What age range does St James & St John Church of England Primary School cover?

St James & St John Church of England Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are St James & St John Church of England Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 95% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St James & St John Church of England Primary School?

St James & St John Church of England Primary School is at 4 Craven Terrace, London, W2 3QD.