St James CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Weybridge, Surrey
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Surrey County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2024–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
St James CofE Primary School is a primary school in Weybridge, Surrey for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 11 June 2025. Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St James CofE 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 | 2.12 mi |
| Reception 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026, Reception had 40 first-choice applications for 49 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 141 of the 254 other Surrey primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In 2024/25, 72% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 5% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- That 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was 3rd highest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Surrey that have results.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Surrey schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Grotto Road, Weybridge, KT13 8PL
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 409 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 11 June 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and enjoy coming to school each day.”
- “They are well supported through the school’s nurturing approach.”
- “They know that the school will take their concerns seriously as they feel ‘staff really listen’ to them.”
To improve
- “At times, when teachers help pupils recall prior learning, they do not always check that all pupils have understood before moving on to new or deeper learning.”
- “This means some pupils have not grasped important concepts and continue to have gaps in their understanding.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 September 2025 (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) | 72% | 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: 40 first-preference applications, 49 offers in total, 40 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 Surrey.
- Manby Lodge Infant School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Oatlands School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Charles Borromeo Catholic Primary School, Weybridge 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Cleves School 1.0 mi Outstanding
- St Nicholas CofE Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ashley Church of England Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Saxon Primary School 1.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Darley Dene Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published