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St James Church School

URN
139324
Phase
Primary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
St James Church School
URN
139324
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
3-11
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Limited Data

43 / 100

Limited Data

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

26

Inspection

—

Admissions Value

46

Destinations

—

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

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School Compass recommendation

Insufficient Data

Not enough information is available to generate a recommendation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: High competition
  • Admissions risk: High risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Higher Risk
  • National comparison: Higher crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
13 January 2025
Inspection date
26 November 2024
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Quality of education

    Good

    Graded 13 January 2025

  • Behaviour and attitudes

    Good

    Graded 13 January 2025

  • Personal development

Admissions

High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Reception in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

44

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

68

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

44

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

1.55×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Somerset
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a primary school place (Somerset)
Application deadline
15 January 2027 (on-time deadline for primary entry, September 2027)
School website
www.stjamessch.co.uk/

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Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 2 (primary)

Key stage 2 (primary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 2 attainment for academic year 2024/25.

Reading expected standard

Reading expected %

68.0%

Writing expected standard

Writing expected %

62.0%

Maths expected standard

Maths expected %

66.0%

Reading, writing and maths expected

RWM expected %

49.0%

Reading progress

Reading progress

Not published

Writing progress

Location

TA1 1XU - Cranmer Road, Taunton, Somerset

Contact details

Address
Cranmer Road, Taunton, Somerset
Postcode
TA1 1XU
Phone
1823272553
Website
www.stjamessch.co.uk/
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Somerset
Local authority code
933

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 599 schools in Somerset.

Authority statistics

Total schools

599

Open schools

307

Closed schools

292

Primary schools

387

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Good

    Graded 13 January 2025

  • Leadership and management

    Good

    Graded 13 January 2025

  • Early years

    Good

    Graded 13 January 2025

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    13 January 202526 November 2024S5 InspectionInspectionView report for inspection published 13 January 2025
    • Inspection

      Published
      13 January 2025
      Inspected
      26 November 2024
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    64.7%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 43

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    Writing progress

    Not published

    Maths progress

    Maths progress

    Not published

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    60

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary387 (64.6%)
    • Secondary60 (10.0%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other152 (25.4%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Archbishop Cranmer Church of England Community Primary School0 mPrimaryClosed
    The Bridge College325 mNot applicableClosed
    Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School443 mPrimaryOpen
    Holy Trinity CofE VA Primary School443 mPrimaryClosed
    Alternative Provision Centre607 mNot applicableClosed
    Silver Bridge School612 mNot applicableOpen
    St George's Catholic School721 mPrimaryOpen
    King's College Taunton749 mNot applicableOpen
    Willow Vale School948 mNot applicableOpen
    Taunton Deane Partnership College948 mNot applicableClosed
    • Archbishop Cranmer Church of England Community Primary School
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • The Bridge College
      Distance
      325 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Closed
    • Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School
      Distance
      443 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Holy Trinity CofE VA Primary School
      Distance
      443 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed

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    Same phase (Primary) and local authority (Somerset)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
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    Abbas and Templecombe Church SchoolPrimaryBA8 0HPOpen
    All Saints Church of England Primary SchoolPrimaryTA15 6XGClosed
    All Saints Church SchoolPrimaryTA15 6XGOpen
    All Saints CofE VC Infants SchoolPrimaryTA22 9ENOpen
    • Abbas and Templecombe Church of England Primary School
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      Primary
      Postcode
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      Status
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    • Abbas and Templecombe Church School
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      Postcode
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      Status
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    • All Saints Church of England Primary School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
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    • All Saints Church School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
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      Status
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    Alternative Provision Centre
    Distance
    607 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Silver Bridge School
    Distance
    612 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • St George's Catholic School
    Distance
    721 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • King's College Taunton
    Distance
    749 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • Willow Vale School
    Distance
    948 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • Taunton Deane Partnership College
    Distance
    948 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • All Saints CofE VC Infants School
    Phase
    Primary
    Postcode
    TA22 9EN
    Status
    Open