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St James CofE Primary School

Primary · Weybridge · KT13 8PL

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Good (2016)

Last grade Ofsted published, no newer grade exists

Ofsted graded this school Good in 2016. Every inspection since has been ungraded, and an ungraded inspection cannot change a grade. The most recent found “Standards maintained”. Ofsted's current data file lists only graded inspections from September 2019 onwards, so this grade has dropped out of it, but it is still the school's grade of record, and still on Ofsted's own report page. It is old, so weigh it against the more recent evidence on this page.

Inspected 10 February 2016

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At a glance

409 pupils · 97% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
18.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
20.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.stjames-weybridge.surrey.sch.uk/
URN
125163

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 40 families named it first for 49 Reception places, 0.82 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2023 entry went to 3.272 km (≈2.03 mi); distance decided places in 4 of the 8 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2019 to 2026. The last grade Ofsted published for it is Good, from 2016. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.82 first-choice applications per place

49 places offered · 40 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2023 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 3.272 km (≈2.03 mi)

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

61 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
72%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
5%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
106
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school72%
Median of its 12 closest peers67%
Surrey average66.8%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Yerbury Primary SchoolLondon · 19 miles awayOutstanding74%
St John's and St Clement's Church of England Primary SchoolLondon · 17 miles awayOutstanding73%
Warden Park Primary AcademyHaywards Heath · 30 miles awayNo current grade60%
Shirley Heath Junior SchoolSolihull · 92 miles awayOutstanding64%
The Grove Primary SchoolTrowbridge · 77 miles awayGood67%
Repton Manor Primary SchoolAshford · 58 miles awayGood67%
Etchells Primary SchoolCheadle · 157 miles awayNeeds attention63%
Histon and Impington Park Primary SchoolCambridge · 66 miles awayOutstanding85%
Bowerham Primary & Nursery SchoolLancaster · 209 miles awayExpected standard60%
Southmead SchoolBraunton · 161 miles awayGood72%
The St Faith and St Martin Church of England Junior School, LincolnLincoln · 129 miles awayGood77%
Hethersett Woodside Primary & Nursery SchoolNorwich · 110 miles awayRequires improvement60%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 63% (Surrey 64%, England 60%) · Any other White background 10% (Surrey 9%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 5% (Surrey 4%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (Surrey 4%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Surrey 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Surrey 3%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 2% (Surrey 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Surrey 1%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Surrey 2%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Surrey 3%, England 5%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Surrey 1%, England 2%) · Black African 1% (Surrey 2%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Surrey 1%, England 2%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
11.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.48 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Surrey: 2.93 suspensions and 0.04 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
21.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

90% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 3% moved to another state school · 7% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

44% of teachers took sickness absence, 12 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £48,126; 8.3% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£6,712
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 73% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £288,368; in-year balance +£33,960

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher53.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications9.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work52%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways9.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health60.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier73.5%62.3%
Social housing9.7%17.1%
Privately rented16.8%20.5%
Detached houses16.6%22.9%
Flats19.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms26.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van7.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01030373 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£580,000476 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£359,500–£850,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (93)£1,203,000
Semi-detached (63)£767,000
Terraced (148)£627,500
Flat (172)£315,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (3.27 km, 2023 entry): 2,637 sales, median £520,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
4an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
23an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
5an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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