Whitfield St James' CofE (VC) Primary School
Whitfield St James' CofE (VC) Primary School is a voluntary controlled school in Glossop for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has a Church of England religious character. It has 311 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Whitfield St James' CofE (VC) Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2023. In 2025, 58% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.
Ofsted inspection: September 2023. KS2 results: 2025.
| Type | Primary / Voluntary controlled school |
| Age Range | 3-11 |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Address | Chadwick Street Glossop Derbyshire SK13 8EF |
| Phone | 01457852427 |
| Reference Number | 112818 |
General Makeup
| Number of pupils | 311 |
| Boy/Girl ratio |
Boys: 53.38%
Girls: 46.62% |
| Percentage of students eligible for free school meals | 33.3% |
| Percentage of students where English is not their first language | 2.6% |
Class Sizes
| Average size of one teacher classes | 23.9 |
| Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher | 25.7 |
| Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher | 27 |
Year Groups
| Year | Boys | Girls | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 32 | 18 | 50 |
| 2 | 13 | 17 | 30 |
| 3 | 19 | 16 | 35 |
| 4 | 26 | 23 | 49 |
| 5 | 27 | 25 | 52 |
| 6 | 14 | 14 | 28 |
Ethnicities
| Ethnicity | Percentage |
|---|---|
| White, British | 92.6% |
| White, Other | 3.2% |
| Mixed, Other | 1.3% |
| White & Black (Caribbean) | 0.6% |
| White & Asian | 0.6% |
| Irish | 0.6% |
| White & Black (African) | 0.3% |
| Pakistani | 0.3% |
| Asian, Other | 0.3% |
Whitfield St James' CofE Primary School has shown significant improvement since its previous inspection, moving from a grade of 'Requires Improvement' to 'Good' across all areas of performance. The school embeds a Christian ethos in its daily operations, which fosters a supportive and nurturing environment. Pupils take pride in their school, demonstrating positive attitudes and good behaviour, contributing to a strong community focus. Parents appreciate the effective care and educational support their children receive, indicating strong home-school relations.
| Overall Ofsted Rating | Good |
| > Quality of education | Good |
| > Behaviour & Attitude | Good |
| > Personal Development | Good |
| > Leadership & Management | Good |
| > Early Years Provision | Good |
| Last Report Date | 18 Jul 2023 |
| Date | Report |
|---|---|
| 18 Jul 2023 | School inspection: |
| 04 Jun 2019 | Full inspection: |
| 01 Dec 2015 | Full inspection: |
| 03 Feb 2014 | Monitoring visit |
| 27 Nov 2013 | Full inspection: |
| 02 Mar 2011 | Full inspection: |
| 10 Sep 2007 | Full inspection: |
| 28 Jun 2004 | Full inspection |
Strengths
- Pupils are happy, proud, and feel safe at school.
- High expectations for behaviour are consistently met by pupils.
- Strong pastoral care that develops pupils' character, resilience, and self-confidence.
- Reading is prioritized and taught effectively, leading to fluent readers.
- Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
- Ambitious and well-developed curriculums in mathematics, science, and history.
- Strong relationships between staff and pupils, creating a family-like atmosphere.
Areas for Improvement
- Not all foundation subjects have equally ambitious curriculums.
- Assessment methods in some foundation subjects are not effectively developed.
How many students meet the standards
| Reading, Writing & Maths | School Score | Percentile (local) | Percentile (nationwide) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils meeting the expected standard | 58% | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment |
| Pupils meeting a higher standard | 3% | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment |
Average Scaled Score
Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.
| Subject | School | Percentile (local) | Percentile (nationwide) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 107 | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment |
| Maths | 104 | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment |
Progress Scores
A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.
| Metric | School Score | Percentile (local) | Percentile (nationwide) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | -0.2 | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment |
| Writing | -1.4 | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment |
| Maths | -0.2 | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment |
How many students meet the standards
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| Number of Applications | Number of Offers | |
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| Second Preference | 17 | 0 |
| Third Preference | 15 | 0 |
| From another Local Authority | 1 | 0 |
Previous years
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In 2024–25 Whitfield St James' CofE (VC) Primary School had 273 pupils for 315 places. 42 places (13.3%) were unfilled.
Pupils and places
Reception intake in the “Glossop Primary” planning area
Derbyshire counted 226 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 188 in 2029–30, down 17%.
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Places | 315 | 315 | 315 | 315 | 315 | 315 | 315 | 315 | 315 | 315 | 315 | 315 | 315 | 315 | 315 |
| Pupils | 249 | 255 | 255 | 259 | 274 | 280 | 281 | 290 | 279 | 282 | 270 | 273 | 268 | 260 | 273 |
| Unfilled | 21.0% | 19.0% | 19.0% | 17.8% | 13.0% | 11.1% | 10.8% | 7.9% | 11.4% | 10.5% | 14.3% | 13.3% | 14.9% | 17.5% | 13.3% |
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 Whitfield St James' CofE (VC) Primary School attended 93.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 18.4% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).
Sessions missed
Pupils persistently absent
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Authorised absence | 3.6% | 4.3% | 3.7% | 3.6% | 3.3% | 2.6% | 1.8% | 4.9% | 3.6% | 3.4% | 3.9% |
| Unauthorised absence | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.8% | 1.1% | 1.6% | 1.5% | 2.5% | 2.2% | 2.1% | 2.7% |
| Severely absent pupils | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.0% | 0.8% | 0.4% | 0.9% |
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, 0.3% of pupils at Whitfield St James' CofE (VC) Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.
Pupils suspended at least once
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspensions per 100 pupils | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Permanent exclusions | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 Whitfield St James' CofE (VC) Primary School had 20.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).
Pupils per teacher
Teachers who left the school within a year
| 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils per adult | 14.3 | 15.5 | 12.7 | 13.0 | 11.8 | 12.0 | 11.9 | 11.8 | 12.3 | 13.6 | 12.9 | 10.6 | 10.2 | 10.1 | 10.2 | 9.1 |
| Teachers who left state teaching | 3.3% | 0.0% | 6.9% | 0.0% | 1.4% | 26.6% | 6.2% | 12.1% | 9.1% | 4.2% | 11.3% | 0.0% | 10.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | – |
| Teachers who took any sick leave | 35.7% | 46.2% | 53.8% | 35.7% | 33.3% | 38.9% | 50.0% | 38.1% | 61.1% | – | 23.5% | 72.2% | 64.7% | 62.5% | 64.7% | – |
| Sick days per teacher | 0.8 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 4.6 | 2.1 | 9.2 | 6.2 | 8.8 | – | 8.0 | 6.0 | 3.7 | 1.6 | 2.0 | – |
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, 20.3% of pupils at Whitfield St James' CofE (VC) Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).
Pupils by main type of need
| SEN support | EHC plan | |
|---|---|---|
| Social, emotional and mental health | 28 | 8 |
| Speech, language and communication needs | 15 | 10 |
| Moderate learning difficulty | 9 | 1 |
| Specific learning difficulty | 4 | 0 |
| Physical disability | 2 | 1 |
| No specialist assessment of need | 2 | 0 |
| Other difficulty or disability | 2 | 0 |
| Hearing impairment | 1 | 0 |
| Multi-sensory impairment | 0 | 1 |
| Vision impairment | 0 | 1 |
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 Whitfield St James' CofE (VC) Primary School received £8,102 and spent £8,081 for each of its 306 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £109,000 (£357 per pupil).
Income per pupil
Spending per pupil
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue reserve | -£33,000 | £21,000 | £100,000 | £84,000 | £63,000 | £91,000 | £103,000 | £109,000 |
| per pupil | -£111 | £71 | £342 | £281 | £215 | £319 | £333 | £357 |
| In-year balance | -£15,000 | £54,000 | £79,000 | -£15,000 | -£21,000 | £28,000 | £11,000 | £7,000 |
| per pupil | -£49 | £185 | £271 | -£52 | -£72 | £98 | £37 | £22 |
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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St Luke's CofE Primary School
Spire Hollin, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 7BS |
0.41 miles |
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Simmondley Primary School
Pennine Road, Simmondley, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 6NN |
0.42 miles |
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St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy
Gladstone Street, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 8NE |
0.46 miles |
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Kershaw Wood
Talbot Street, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 7DG |
0.46 miles |
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Dinting Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Dinting Vale, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 6NX |
0.58 miles |
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Duke of Norfolk CofE Primary School
Royle Avenue, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 7RD |
0.62 miles |
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All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Academy
Church Street, Old Glossop, All Saints Cva, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 7RJ |
0.9 miles |
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St Margaret's Catholic Voluntary Academy
Glossop Road, Gamesley, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 6JH |
1.19 miles |
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Gamesley Primary and Nursery School
Grindleford Grove, Gamesley, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 6HW |
1.21 miles |
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Gamesley Early Excellence Centre
Grindleford Grove, Glossop, SK13 0LU |
1.22 miles |
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Hadfield Nursery School
Queen Street, Glossop, SK13 2DW |
1.34 miles |
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St Andrew's CofE Junior School
Hadfield Road, Hadfield, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 2DR |
1.39 miles |
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Hadfield Infant School
Mersey Bank Road, Hadfield, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 1PN |
1.44 miles |
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Padfield Community Primary School
Rhodes Street, Padfield, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 1EQ |
1.48 miles |
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Charlesworth Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Charlesworth Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Long Lane, Charlesworth, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 5ET |
1.61 miles |
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St Charles' Catholic Voluntary Academy
The Carriage Drive, Hadfield, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 1PJ |
1.68 miles |
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Tintwistle CofE (Aided) Primary School
South Close, Tintwistle, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 1LY |
2.09 miles |
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Hollingworth Primary School
Market Street, Hollingworth, Market Street, Hyde, Cheshire, SK14 8LP |
2.09 miles |
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Mottram CofE Primary School
War Hill, Mottram, Hyde, Cheshire, SK14 6JL |
2.29 miles |
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Broadbottom Church of England Primary School
Mottram Road, Broadbottom, Hyde, Cheshire, SK14 6BB |
2.5 miles |
| Name | Distance |
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St Philip Howard Catholic Voluntary Academy
Sunlaws Street, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 8DR |
0.05 miles |
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Glossopdale School and Sixth Form
Newshaw Lane, Hadfield, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 2DA |
1.16 miles |
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Longdendale High School
Spring Street, Hyde, SK14 8LW |
2.27 miles |
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Brambles School
29 Ashworth Lane, Mottram, Cheshire, SK14 6NT |
2.43 miles |
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Peak Forest
First Steps Together, Stockport Road, Hyde, SK14 3QF |
2.88 miles |
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Alder Community High School
Mottram Old Road, Gee Cross, Hyde, Cheshire, SK14 5NJ |
4.24 miles |
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Dixons Pennine Academy
Huddersfield Road, Stalybridge, Cheshire, SK15 3RR |
4.54 miles |
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What is Whitfield St James' CofE (VC) Primary School's Ofsted rating?
The latest Ofsted rating for Whitfield St James' CofE (VC) Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2023.
When was Whitfield St James' CofE (VC) Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?
Whitfield St James' CofE (VC) Primary School was last inspected in September 2023.
How many pupils does Whitfield St James' CofE (VC) Primary School have?
Whitfield St James' CofE (VC) Primary School has 311 pupils on roll.
What age range does Whitfield St James' CofE (VC) Primary School cover?
Whitfield St James' CofE (VC) Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.
What are Whitfield St James' CofE (VC) Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?
In 2025, 58% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.
Where is Whitfield St James' CofE (VC) Primary School?
Whitfield St James' CofE (VC) Primary School is at Chadwick Street, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 8EF.