St James' CofE Infant and Nursery School

Voluntary controlled school·Infant school Whitehaven, Cumberland·CA28 7PZ

School type

Infant school

Ages 3–7

Key Stage 2 performance

St James' CofE Infant and Nursery School is an infant school for pupils aged 3–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

27 first choices, 27 places

First choices per place

1.00

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 27 places

First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00

00.511.5

1 per place

1.0020221.0020230.9520241.0020251.002026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St James' CofE Infant and Nursery School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range: 3–7
Pupils on roll: 125
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

13.3%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

11.2%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

4.8%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

5.6%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

3.5%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

5.5%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

20.1

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£8,304

Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

St James' CofE Junior School Whitehaven · 0.1 mi 63.3 St Begh's Catholic Junior School Whitehaven · 0.5 mi 32.9 Bransty Primary School Whitehaven · 0.6 mi 28.6 Monkwray Junior School Whitehaven · 0.9 mi 34.8 Jericho Primary School Whitehaven · 0.9 mi 60.2 Hensingham Primary School Whitehaven · 1.2 mi 32.5 St Bridget's CofE School Whitehaven · 1.3 mi 33.9 St Mary's Catholic Primary School Whitehaven · 1.3 mi 63.4

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

School overview

St James' CofE Infant and Nursery School is a primary school serving Whitehaven, Cumberland, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. It has 125 pupils aged 3 to 7 on roll.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St James' CofE Infant and Nursery School their first choice was offered one of its 27 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 3.5%. There are about 20.1 pupils per teacher. St James' CofE Infant and Nursery School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.