Primary school

St James' CofE Junior School

  • Voluntary Controlled School
  • ages 7–11
  • Mixed
  • Church of England
  • Newham
  • E7 9DA

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 6,269 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 42%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 61%61%2016/17: top 59%2017/18: top 65%2018/19: top 70%2022/23: top 50%2023/24: top 64%2024/25: top 42%No exams

Against LondonArrows: London rank change since 2018/19

Expected standard, RWM67% · London 72%4/10 Below+18.1 pts
Higher standard, RWM14% · London 12%6/10 Middle+41.8 pts
Reading score106 · London 1073/10 Below+20.9 pts
Maths score107 · London 1075/10 Middle+42.5 pts
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 50% · 68 pupils · London 61%2016/17: 60% · 89 pupils · London 69%2017/18: 61% · 66 pupils · London 72%2018/19: 59% · 59 pupils · London 73%2022/23: 61% · 57 pupils · London 68%2023/24: 57% · 51 pupils · London 70%2024/25: 67% · 43 pupils · London 72%67%50%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 1% · 68 pupils · London 7%2016/17: 5% · 89 pupils · London 10%2017/18: 5% · 66 pupils · London 12%2018/19: 7% · 59 pupils · London 13%2022/23: 16% · 57 pupils · London 11%2023/24: 6% · 51 pupils · London 11%2024/25: 14% · 43 pupils · London 12%16%1%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 101 · 68 pupils · London 1032016/17: 103 · 89 pupils · London 1052017/18: 103 · 66 pupils · London 1062018/19: 102 · 59 pupils · London 1062022/23: 107 · 57 pupils · London 1062023/24: 104 · 51 pupils · London 1072024/25: 106 · 43 pupils · London 107107101No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 102 · 68 pupils · London 1042016/17: 103 · 89 pupils · London 1062017/18: 103 · 66 pupils · London 1062018/19: 103 · 59 pupils · London 1072022/23: 106 · 57 pupils · London 1062023/24: 104 · 51 pupils · London 1062024/25: 107 · 43 pupils · London 107107102No exams

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No admissions figures or last distance offered published

Inspections · 2007–2023

  1. 2007Inadequate
  2. 2008Satisfactory
  3. 2010Satisfactory
  4. 2013Good
  5. 2017Ungraded visit
  6. 2023Remains Good

4 strong areas

  • Quality of teaching
  • Achievement of pupils
  • Leadership and management
  • Behaviour and safety of pupils

0 weak areas

4 areas graded · 3 points to improve

Read what Ofsted said (6)

From Ofsted report, inspected Mar 2023

Strengths

  • “Pupils are safe and happy and they work hard at this school.”
  • “Leaders have developed a clear vision based on the school’s Christian values, but which is inclusive for the diverse community served by the school.”
  • “The values of care, courtesy, consideration, and cooperation are evident.”

To improve

  • “Sometimes, leaders are not explicit enough about the important content that they want teachers to cover.”
  • “This means that, occasionally, this content is not taught in the way that was intended, and pupils develop some gaps in their knowledge.”
  • “Leaders should take steps to identify and clarify the important knowledge that they want pupils to learn so that pupils benefit from the curriculum as intended.”

Ofsted inspection report extracts, Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026190
Free school meals (past 6 years)51.4%
First language not English69.7%
SEN support10.6%
EHC plan3.9%
Absence (sessions missed)4.5%
Persistently absent pupils11.0%

Girls 52.4%Boys 47.6%

52.8% full · 360 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher19.0
Pupils per adult10.8
  • Classroom teachers 8
  • Leadership 2
  • Teaching assistants 7.6
  • Other support 4.3

Teachers 10 FTE · Whole workforce 21.9 · 27 people

Financials · 2025/26

Income per pupil£10,325
Spend per pupil£9,878
Staff spend per pupil£7,042
Reserve per pupil£1,428
  • +£271,337revenue reserve
  • +£84,885in-year balance

Grants £10,273 · self-generated £108 · premises £888 per pupil