St James' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C67
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Tunbridge Wells, TN2 3PR
- Distance
- 0.7km away
St Barnabas CofE VA Primary School
Quarry Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN1 2EY
Local ranking306th of 445 primary schools in Kent
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
210
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 24 January 2024.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 67.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 7.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 80.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 70.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 73.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 77.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 105.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 107.0
- Cohort Size
- 30
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 206
- Boys
- 102 (51%)
- Girls
- 99 (49%)
- Capacity
- 210 (96% full)
- SEND
- 17.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 34.0%
- EAL
- 39.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.9%
- SEN Support
- 15.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 21.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 9.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,845/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 14.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 47.5%
- Asian Indian: 13.9%
- White Other: 11.9%
- Black African: 5.5%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 4.5%
- Other: 4.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 3.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.5%
47.5%
White British
13.9%
Asian Indian
11.9%
White Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Quarry Road
Tunbridge Wells, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 118724
- UKPRN
- 10069080
- Establishment No.
- 3320
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