St James' Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
Every applicant was offered a place
From Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2025
Reception last distance offered, 2020–2025 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
St James' Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 13 November 2024. Tameside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2025 entry.
St 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 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2023 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2022 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2021 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2020 | 0.262 mi |
| Reception 2016 | Not published |
| Reception 2013 | Not published |
| Reception 2012 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026 there were 33 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families (9%) were not offered a place.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2025, though places ran out, with a last distance published, in 1 of the 5 earlier years.
- In 2024/25, 68% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Tameside.
- There are 18.1 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.9 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Tameside.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Tameside schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Romney Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 9HU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Tameside
- Pupils on roll
- 230 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 52.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 13 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils at St James’ embody their school’s mission, ‘to be the best that we can be’.”
- “They are well cared for by kind and nurturing staff who make them feel valued and successful.”
- “As a result, they flourish academically and personally.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, staff do not revisit previously taught content regularly.”
- “Consequently, some pupils develop gaps in their learning.”
- “Conversely, some pupils in key stage 2 experience very few opportunities to learn some essential transcription skills in mathematics and science.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 December 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) | 68% | 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: 33 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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 Tameside.
- The Heys Primary School 0.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel RC Primary School, Ashton-under-Lyne 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Parochial CofE Primary and Nursery School, Ashton-under-Lyne 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Hurst Knoll St James' Church of England Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Canon Johnson CofE Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Trinity CofE Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Broadoak 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lyndhurst Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published