Ofsted, Performance Tables and School Data
Please find below Ofsted reports and Department for Education performance information for St James Academy and its predecessor, St James Primary School.
Ofsted
Ofsted report 2024 – predecessor school
The February 2024 inspection took place before the school converted to St James Academy on 1 September 2025.
St James Academy: current Ofsted record (URN 151996)
Performance Tables
Use the Department for Education links below to view the academy record and the predecessor school’s performance data.
- St James Academy – current DfE record (URN 151996)
- St James Primary School – predecessor performance data and KS2 results (URN 131581)
School Data
Reception Good Level of Development (GLD)
| School | National | |
| 2024-2025 | ||
| 2023-2024 |
62% (exc SRP) 52% (inc SRP) |
67.7% |
| 2022-2023 |
KS1 Phonics
| School | National | |
| 2024-2025 | ||
| 2023-2024 |
70% (exc SRP) 60% (inc SRP) |
79% |
| 2022-2023 |
KS2 SATS
| 2023-2024 | EXS School | EXS National | GDS School | GDS National |
| Reading | 72% | 74% | ||
| Writing | 69% | 72% | ||
| Mathematics | 76% | 73% | ||
| SPaG | 79% | 72% | ||
| RWM comb | 62% |
Key stage 2 Average Scaled Scores
