St James Church of England First School
State-Funded School
Not published
No overall grade
About the School
St James Church of England First School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–9, located in Dorset, South West.
It currently serves 134 pupils. St James Church of England First School is part of DIOCESE OF SALISBURY ACADEMY TRUST.
Ofsted Rating
Yes
2025
Subject Areas
Leadership &management
Good
Quality ofeducation
Good
Personaldevelopment
Good
Behaviour &attitudes
Good
Early yearsprovision
Good
Academic Performance
No DfE attainment data is published for this school — usually because the cohort is too small to report without identifying pupils.
Ethnicity
Pupils
Total Pupils
50%Boys
50%GirlsPupil Characteristics
DfE school census, January 2026.
Key Information
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 2 – 9
- Deprivation band
- Least deprived
- Total pupils
- 134
- IDACI quintile
- 1 (Most deprived)
- MAT name
- DIOCESE OF SALISBURY ACADEMY TRUST
Inspection history
2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.
| Report published | Overall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Mar 2025 | Good | Good | Good | Good | Not judged |
| 27 Feb 2014 | Outstanding | Not reported in this inspection | Not reported in this inspection | Not reported in this inspection | Outstanding |
A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.
Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.
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