Why apply to St James's?

Rated: Ofsted "Outstanding" in all five areas - October 2024.

We are a three-form entry school, accepting 90 pupils in Reception and 52 in Pre-school.

The Catholic ethos of St. James’s permeates every aspect of school life, with our key focus being that every individual child grows in the knowledge and love of Christ. We have been judged Outstanding by OFSTED (Oct 2024) and the Catholic Schools' Inspectorate (Oct 2025).

Our SATs results are consistently above the national and local authority averages at Key Stages 1 and 2. In partnership with parents and the whole community, our purpose is to provide a high standard of education, giving the maximum opportunity to realise each child's potential.

Read more about our latest Ofsted ratings:     Link

Read more about our latest academic results: Link

A larger school has many benefits for the children including:

• Dedicated, specialist staff (e.g. Music, French, Learning Support)

• A wealth of experience amongst staff and opportunities for collaboration and sharing best practice

• Excellent facilities:

  • large playing fields

  • separate playgrounds for children of different age groups

  • ICT suite

  • two school halls

  • Dedicated specialist subject class rooms for art, music, languages and learning support

• Innovative approaches to teaching and learning.

  • The teaching of 'thinking skills' is an important part of the curriculum and we have been accredited as a 'Thinking School' by Exeter University

• On-site breakfast and after-school clubs

• A large and active parent body which raises significant funds to provide additional facilities for our children, as well as providing many social opportunities

We look forward to welcoming your child to St James's and helping them realise their potential. Our warm and caring environment and excellent teaching staff mean that children settle very quickly into life at St James's.

Children from all faiths & communities are welcome.

The definition of Catholic:

Catholic' means a member of a Church in full communion with the See of Rome This includes the Eastern Catholic Churches. This will normally be evidenced by a certificate of baptism in a Catholic Church or a certificate of reception into the full communion of the Catholic Church. 

Baptised Catholic children whose primary residence is within one of our four Catholic parishes:

We warmly invite applications from baptised Catholic children whose primary residence, reside witin our four serving parishes.

St James's serves the following parishes:

• St Margaret's (East Twickenham)
• St James (Twickenham)
• St Francis de Sales (Hampton Hill)
• St Theodore's (Hampton)

In recent years, we have been able to offer places to all baptised Catholic children from these parishes. Please refer to the parish boundary maps to assess if your child's primary residence is within or outside (please note place of worship does not determin parish - it must be your child's primary residence). 

A supplementary information form and copy of your child's baptism certificate needs to be provided at the point of application.

Baptised Catholic children who reside outside of our Catholic parishes:

We warmly invite applications from baptised Catholic children who reside outisde of the four parishes.  In recent years, we have been able to offer all baptised Catholic children who reside out of the four parishes, a place. Please refer to the parish boundary maps to assess if your child's primary residence is within or outside (please note place of worship does not determin parish - it must be your child's primary residence).

A supplementary information form and copy of your child's baptism certificate needs to be provided at the point of application.

Baptised Christian children:

We warmly invite applications from children who are have been baptised in a Christian faith, for example Orthodox, Catcheument, Anglican, Church of England etc... 

A supplementary information form and copy of your child's baptism certificate needs to be provided at the point of application.

Other faith children:

We warmly invite applications from children who attend other faiths. 

A  supplementary information form and a letter from your faith leader confirming your child's regular participation/attendance of that faith, should be provided at the point of application.

Children of no faith:

We warmly invite applications from children who have no faith.

You will not be required to provide any additional documentation to the school.

Admissions: GTC

Please look to the GTC page for specific GTC school tours and the admission process.

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