St James Academy
Ofsted: Good
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Walsall, WS8 6AE
- Distance
- 0.0km away
St James Primary School
Great Charles Street, Brownhills, Walsall, WS8 6AE
Primary
Phase
236
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
School history and successor
Closed on 31 August 2025 and continues as St James Academy (URN 151996) (opened 1 September 2025). Its page carries this history forward.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 37.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 7.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 67.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 63.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 63.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 74.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 104.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 103.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 105.0
- Cohort Size
- 27
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 224
- Boys
- 121 (54%)
- Girls
- 103 (46%)
- Capacity
- 236 (95% full)
- SEND
- 28.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 51.2%
- EAL
- 6.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 11.6%
- SEN Support
- 17.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 12.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,430/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 18.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 83.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 5.8%
- White Other: 3.6%
- Asian Indian: 2.2%
- White Irish: 1.3%
- Mixed Other: 0.9%
- Asian Other: 0.9%
- Black African: 0.9%
83.5%
White British
5.8%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
3.6%
White Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Great Charles Street
Walsall, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 131581
- UKPRN
- 10069475
- Establishment No.
- 2248
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