St James' Church of England Aided Infant School

Voluntary aided school·Infant school Derby·DE23 8EG

School type

Infant school

Ages 2–7

Key Stage 2 performance

St James' Church of England Aided Infant School is an infant school for pupils aged 2–7. 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%

18 first choices, 19 places

First choices per place

0.95

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 19 places

Last place offered lived

0.92 mi

straight line, 2026 intake · 1473 m

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.05

00.511.5

1 per place

0.9220220.9120230.8920240.8920250.952026

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

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

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

School profile

Age range: 2–7
Pupils on roll: 128
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

34.4%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

83.6%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

14.1%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

6.2%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

5.5%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

19.4%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

21.7

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£8,668

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

St James' Church of England Aided Junior School Derby · 0.3 mi 41.6 St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary Academy Derby · 0.3 mi 41.8 Arboretum Primary School Derby · 0.5 mi 18.8 Hardwick Primary School Derby · 0.6 mi 34.3 Becket Primary School Derby · 0.6 mi 28.2 Firs Primary School Derby · 0.8 mi 21.8 Pear Tree Community Junior School Derby · 0.8 mi 24.6 Dale Community Primary School Derby · 0.8 mi 43.8

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' Church of England Aided Infant School is a primary school serving Derby, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. It has 128 pupils aged 2 to 7 on roll.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St James' Church of England Aided Infant School their first choice was offered one of its 19 Reception places. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 0.92 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 5.5%. There are about 21.7 pupils per teacher. St James' Church of England Aided Infant 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.