St James Primary School
Great Charles Street, Brownhills, Walsall, WS8 6AE
This school is closed (it closed in August 2025).
It was replaced by St James Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Joanne Wilson
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Aldridge-Brownhills
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 236
- Pupils on roll
- 224
- URN
- 131581
- Local authority
- Walsall
About this school
St James Primary School was a community primary school in Walsall. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 224 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
St James Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in April 1999, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 24 | 29 | 27 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 50% | 55% | 37% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 7% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 58% | 72% | 67% |
| Expected standard in maths | 67% | 76% | 63% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 79% | 79% | 74% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 105.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 105.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.30 | - | - |
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 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 | Walsall average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 50% | 56.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 55% | 57.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 37% | 57.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 212 |
| 2023/24 | 213 |
| 2024/25 | 224 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How St James Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 10% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 18% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 37% | 7.7% | 51.2% | 224 | — |
| St James Academy | — | — | — | 220 | 0.0 miles |
| St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School | 52% | 6.3% | 46.3% | 104 | 0.3 miles |
| Millfield Primary School | 77% | 6% | 49.8% | 217 | 0.4 miles |
| Watling Street Primary School | 57% | 5.1% | 29.6% | 235 | 0.7 miles |
| Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School | 41% | 4.2% | 22.5% | 197 | 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)
- 51.2%
- English as an additional language
- 6.3%
- Overall absence
- 7.7%
- Persistent absence
- 18.09%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St James Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Walsall
-
St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Walsall
-
Millfield Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Walsall
-
Watling Street Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Walsall
-
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Walsall
Other schools in Walsall
- Abbey Primary School Primary
- All Saints National Academy Primary
- Alumwell Infant School Primary
- Alumwell Junior School Primary
- Beacon Academy Primary
- Bentley West Primary School Primary
- Birchills Church of England Community Academy Primary
- Blue Coat Church of England Aided Infant School Primary
- Blue Coat Church of England Aided Junior School Primary
- Brownhills West Primary School Primary
- Busill Jones Primary School Primary
- Butts Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does St James Primary School teach?
- St James Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Walsall.
- Has St James Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected St James 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 Primary School?
- St James Primary School had 224 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have St James Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 50% in 2022/23 and 37% 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 Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, St James 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.