Ofsted inspection · 04/12/2018
Overview of St James Church School · Primary · Somerset
How does this school perform?
Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17
Subject breakdown
DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.
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History
All years · Historical DfE data by academic year
Primary — Key Stage 2
Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.
| Year | RWM expected | RWM higher | Reading exp. | Reading hi. | Writing exp. | Writing hi. | Maths exp. | Maths hi. | Science | SPAG exp. | Read. score | Maths score | GPS score | Reading prog. | Writing prog. | Maths prog. | SEN | Cohort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 49% | 3% | 68% | 19% | 62% | 10% | 66% | 16% | 82% | 65% | 103.0 | 101.0 | 105.0 | — | — | — | 15% | 489 |
| 2023/24 | 43% | 4% | 65% | 18% | 57% | 6% | 57% | 6% | 75% | 69% | 103.0 | 100.0 | 103.0 | — | — | — | 16% | 498 |
| 2022/23 | 22% | 5% | 44% | 14% | 39% | 5% | 36% | 10% | 59% | 56% | 100.0 | 99.0 | 101.0 | -2.10 | -2.70 | -2.90 | 14% | 485 |
| 2018/19 | 69% | 11% | 78% | 28% | 76% | 11% | 80% | 30% | 74% | 83% | 105.0 | 105.0 | 107.0 | +1.20 | -0.70 | +1.30 | 16% | 466 |
| 2017/18 | 50% | 2% | 57% | 18% | 73% | 11% | 70% | 14% | 75% | 80% | 102.0 | 103.0 | 105.0 | -1.40 | -0.80 | +0.00 | 18% | 434 |
| 2016/17 | 76% | 10% | 86% | 14% | 90% | 24% | 83% | 21% | 83% | 86% | 104.0 | 105.0 | 107.0 | +3.30 | +5.30 | +4.20 | 19% | 411 |
DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.
Pupils & absence
| Year | Pupils | Pupil:teacher | SEN | EAL | FSM ever | Absence | Persistent absence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 489 | 23.5 | 15% | 48% | 30% | 6% | 14% |
| 2023/24 | 498 | 25.0 | 16% | 43% | 33% | 7% | 21% |
| 2022/23 | 485 | 22.1 | 14% | 39% | 40% | 8% | 21% |
| 2021/22 | 455 | 26.4 | 18% | 31% | 43% | 7% | 23% |
| 2020/21 | 467 | 21.8 | 17% | 32% | 37% | — | — |
| 2018/19 | 466 | 23.3 | 16% | 30% | 38% | 4% | 8% |
| 2017/18 | 434 | 20.3 | 18% | 28% | 36% | 4% | 9% |
| 2016/17 | 411 | 21.7 | 19% | 27% | 32% | 4% | 10% |
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.