St James' CofE Infant and Nursery School

State-Funded School

st-james-cofe-infant-and-nursery-school-cumberland-north-west

North WestRegion

CumberlandLocal Authority

Whitehaven and WorkingtonConstituency

CA28 7PZPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St James' CofE Infant and Nursery School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–7, located in Cumberland, North West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 133 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Ethnicity

White

86%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

133

Total Pupils

54%Boys

46%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

10%

England average

27%

First language not English

12%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 7
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 133
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good (Improving)

Ungraded inspection on 27 March 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one. Ofsted has scheduled a full graded inspection as a result.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
2 Apr 2014	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

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.