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St James' CofE Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Voluntary controlled
High Street, Whitehaven CA28 7PZ · st-james-inf.cumbria.sch.uk · 01946 691970
On the mapSearch near CA28 7PZ
Overview
- Ofsted
- Improving
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2024
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 133
- 89% of 150 places
- Local authority
- Cumberland
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 12.5%
- First language not English
- 12%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 27 families put the school first and 27 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 27 | 27 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 35 | 35 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 19 | 18 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 31 | 31 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 28 | 28 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 27 March 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for St James' CofE Infant and Nursery School was: School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next.
- Outcome
- Improving
- Inspected
- 27 Mar 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Dec 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Dec 2018Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Mar 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Oct 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (36 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 36
- 28% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 56% who raised concerns
based on the 22% who had a child bullied