St James Catholic Primary School
Cheriton Close, Off Underwood Road, Hyde, SK14 3DQ
This school is closed (it closed in August 2025).
It was replaced by St James Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Headteacher
- Mr Mark Woolley
- Diocese
- Diocese of Shrewsbury
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Stalybridge and Hyde
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 198
- URN
- 106239
- Local authority
- Tameside
About this school
St James Catholic Primary School was a Roman Catholic voluntary aided primary school in Hyde. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 198 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
St James Catholic Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 21 | 26 | 22 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 43% | 54% | 55% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 48% | 73% | 73% |
| Expected standard in maths | 76% | 73% | 68% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 71% | 81% | 82% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100.0 | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 101.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.50 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How St James Catholic Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Tameside average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 43% | 56.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 54% | 59.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 55% | 59.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 197 |
| 2023/24 | 203 |
| 2024/25 | 198 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How St James Catholic Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 30% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 30% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 55% | 6.5% | 53% | 198 | — |
| St James Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | — | — | — | 207 | 0.0 miles |
| Pinfold Primary School | — | — | — | 376 | 0.3 miles |
| Discovery Academy | 60% | 5% | 37.7% | 211 | 0.5 miles |
| Arundale Primary School | — | — | — | 203 | 0.5 miles |
| Broadbottom Church of England Primary School | — | — | — | — | 0.8 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 53.04%
- English as an additional language
- 20.2%
- Overall absence
- 6.51%
- Persistent absence
- 15.43%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St James Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Hyde
-
Pinfold Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Hyde
-
Discovery Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Hyde
-
Arundale Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Hyde
-
Broadbottom Church of England Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Hyde
Other schools in Hyde
- Arundale Primary School Primary
- Bradley Green Primary Academy Primary
- Broadbottom Church of England Primary School Primary
- Discovery Academy Primary
- Dowson Primary Academy Primary
- Endeavour Primary Academy Primary
- Flowery Field Primary School Primary
- Gee Cross Holy Trinity CofE Primary School Primary
- Godley Community Primary Academy Primary
- Hollingworth Primary School Primary
- Mottram CofE Primary School Primary
- Oakfield Primary and Moderate Learning Difficulties Resource Provision Primary
Common questions
- What ages does St James Catholic Primary School teach?
- St James Catholic Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Hyde.
- Has St James Catholic Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected St James Catholic Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at St James Catholic Primary School?
- St James Catholic Primary School had 198 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have St James Catholic Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 43% in 2022/23 and 55% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are St James Catholic Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, St James Catholic Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 31 August 2025.