St James's Catholic Primary school serves the parishes of St Margaret's (East Twickenham), St James (Twickenham), St Francis de Sales (Hampton Hill) and St Theodore's (Hampton) and we warmly invite applications from practising Catholic families in these parishes. In recent years, we have been able to offer places to all practising Catholic children from these parishes.

Please see below for the images to the parish boundary maps.

We are a three-form entry school accepting 90 pupils in Reception and 52 in Nursery. 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 recently been judged Outstanding by OFSTED (Jan 2015) and the Diocese of Westminster (June 2014). 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.

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)

• 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

Our warm and caring environment and excellent teaching staff mean that children settle very quickly into life at St James's.

We look forward to welcoming your child to St James's and helping them realise their potential.

Right of Appeal

If you are unsuccessful you may ask us for the reasons for the refusal of a place. These reasons will be related to the oversubscription criteria listed in the policy and you will have the right of appeal to an independent panel. Should you wish to appeal please contact the school for more information.  

Your case will be heard by an independent Appeals Panel, which is a legally constituted committee of people who were not involved in the initial allocation of places.  You will be asked to present your case to the Panel. The Panel's decision is binding on the school.

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. For the purposes of this definition, it includes a looked after child living with a family where at least one of the parents is Catholic.

How places have been offered on National Offer Day (90 places)

School Tour

We are pleased to advise that school tours have now recommenced and are held every Friday at 9.30 am. Please contact the office to book a place on the next available tour.

A Certificate of Catholic Practice can downloaded from the Diocese of Westminster website.

Please note that the Certificate of Catholic Practice must be signed by your own parish priest.

St James's Nursery has remaining spaces for September 2023 and we are still accepting applications.

A Certificate of Catholic Practice can downloaded from the Diocese of Westminster website.

Please note that the Certificate of Catholic Practice must be signed by your own parish priest.

Certificate of Catholic Practice can be downloaded from the Diocese of Westminster website.

Please note that the Certificate of Catholic Practice must be signed by your own parish priest.