St James' Roman Catholic Primary School

Primary · state · Roman Catholic · ages 5–11 · 216 pupils · BR5 1BL · ST OSCAR ROMERO CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST

Outstanding / strongOfstedInspected Jan 2026

31%KS2 higher standardEngland median 7%

1.4Applications per placeFirst choices, Reception 2026

94%KS2 expected standardEngland median 64%

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2.8% of pupils eligible for free school meals.

Ofsted: Report card: achievement strong standard, curriculum and teaching strong standard

Results at age 11 (2024/25)

% meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths94% (typical 64%)

% at the higher standard in reading, writing and maths31% (typical 7%)

% meeting the expected standard, 3-year average (2023–2025)95% (typical 62%)

Average scaled scores: reading 110, maths 112.

How hard is it to get in?

For Reception in September 2026, 41 families put it first for 30 places (1.4 first choices per place, oversubscribed). 73% of the families who put it first got a place.

Entry	Places	First choices	Per place	First choices offered a place
Reception, 2024	30	51	1.7	59%
Reception, 2025	30	35	1.2	83%
Reception, 2026	30	41	1.4	73%

Money

£6,963spent per pupil (typical primary £7,238)

75%of spending on staff, 46% on teachers

£15krevenue reserve (1% of a year's income)

−£14kdeficit in the year

Income £1.5m, spending £1.5m (September 2024 to August 2025, 218 pupils).

Run by St. James' R.C. Primary School, a single-academy trust. The trust holds reserves of £15k, 1% of its income. Its accounts at Companies House.

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About these figures

Typical means the median state-funded school in England. In the bars, the fill is this school and the black line is the typical school.
Scaled scores: 100 is the expected standard and 120 is the top.
11+ pass rate: passing isn't the same as a grammar place, and not every child sits the test, so the share passing depends on who chose to sit. Small numbers are hidden by the council as published. How grammar admissions work.
Applications per place are first choices. They are national offer day figures; places can change later through waiting lists and appeals.
Living nearby doesn't guarantee a place. Admissions are set by the council or the school, and rules such as catchment, siblings and faith decide who gets in: check its admissions policy and how far away the last places went in recent years.
Spending per pupil mostly follows funding for deprivation, special needs and London weighting, so higher isn't the same as better. Small schools and sixth forms cost more per pupil.

Department for Education performance data 2024/25 and register of schools; Ofsted inspections to August 2026. Open Government Licence. Applications: DfE applications and offers. Money: Department for Education academies accounts return, 2024-25; Open Government Licence. 11+ results: Medway Council FOI005534 INF005491 (WhatDoTheyKnow, Apr 2026).

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Test sat	Sat the test	Passed	Share passing
Autumn 2024for September 2025	boys < 5; girls 0	boys < 5; girls 0	–
Autumn 2023for September 2024	< 5	0	–

Test sat

Sat the test

Passed

Share passing

Autumn 2024for September 2025

boys < 5; girls 0

–

Autumn 2023for September 2024

< 5

–

How hard is it to get in?

For Reception in September 2026, 41 families put it first for 30 places (1.4 first choices per place, oversubscribed). 73% of the families who put it first got a place.

Entry

Places

First choices

Per place

First choices offered a place

Reception, 2024

1.7

59%

Reception, 2025

1.2

83%

Reception, 2026

1.4

73%