Rated on Ofsted and the parent survey. Infant schools sit no SATs.
Infant schools stop at Year 2, so children here move to a junior school for Year 3.
This school
St James' CofE Infant and Nursery School
Junior school
St James' CofE Junior School
Partner junior school
Year 3 to Year 6 · 120 m away from St James' CofE Infant and Nursery School
You apply for a Year 3 place through the council where you live by 15 January in Year 2, even for St James' CofE Junior School. Check its admission arrangements for any priority it gives children from its partner infant school.
Official inspection reports and grades
Inspected 27 March 2024
Infant schools do not sit SATs, and no Year 2 results are published for schools, so there are no exam results for St James' CofE Infant and Nursery School.
Children from here take SATs in Year 6 at St James' CofE Junior School
74%
met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25, against 63% across England.
See St James' CofE Junior School's resultsSchool workforce census, 2025/26.
Ofsted’s survey of parents at this school
100%
of parents would recommend this school to another parent
36 responses up to 6 January 2025 · 28% response rate
My child is happy at this school.
100% agreeMy child feels safe at this school.
100% agreeThe school makes sure its pupils are well behaved.
97% agreeMy child has been bullied and the school dealt with the bullying quickly and effectively.
50% agreeThe school makes me aware of what my child will learn during the year.
100% agreeSt James' CofE Infant and Nursery School's last overall grade from Ofsted was Good, on 11 March 2014. Ofsted inspected it again on 27 March 2024 without giving a new overall grade.
Apply through the council where you live by 15 January for a Reception place starting that September. Children start Reception in the September after their fourth birthday. You can usually list between 3 and 6 schools in order of preference, and offers are sent on 16 April, or the next working day. A place in its nursery class does not carry on into Reception, so you still need to apply. As a Church of England school it may also ask for a supplementary form, and its admissions policy says whether it does.
St James' CofE Infant and Nursery School is an infant school, so children move to a junior school for Year 3. Its partner junior school is St James' CofE Junior School, 120 m away. You apply for a Year 3 place through the council where you live by 15 January in Year 2, even for St James' CofE Junior School. Check its admission arrangements for any priority it gives children from its partner infant school.
No. Distance only counts when St James' CofE Infant and Nursery School has more applicants than places. Then its admission criteria, set by the local authority, Cumberland, decide who is offered a place first. Children in care or adopted from care come first by law. Most schools put brothers and sisters of current pupils next, then distance or a catchment area. As a Church of England school, it can give priority to children on grounds of faith. How far away the last place went changes every year, depending on who applies.