Saint James' Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 5–11 · Southampton, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Hampshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Saint James' Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Southampton, Hampshire for ages 5–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 30 April 2024. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Saint James' Church of England Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant for Reception in 2026 was offered a place, as at 204 of the 315 other Hampshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome; places ran out in both earlier published years.
- For Reception 2026 there were 69 first-choice applications for 73 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 17 of the 105 applications (16%) for Reception 2026 came from families living outside Hampshire, and 10 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 64% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 13% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hampshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Moorgreen Road, West End, Southampton, SO30 3EG
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 570 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 30 April 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are confident, resilient and caring.”
- “They conduct themselves impeccably and are rightly proud of their school.”
- “Pupils feel able to navigate their lives courageously.”
To improve
- “In some subjects, however, the school is still identifying the specific knowledge that pupils need to embed.”
- “This means that in those subjects staff do not check pupils’ learning as precisely, and some pupils do not always build on their prior knowledge and learn as effectively as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 June 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 64% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 69 first-preference applications, 73 offers in total, 69 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Hampshire.
- Wellstead Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Shamblehurst Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Berrywood Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Freegrounds Infant School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Freegrounds Junior School 1.8 mi School remains Good
- Kings Copse Primary School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Boorley Park 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Fair Oak Junior School 2.4 mi Standards maintained