St James' Roman Catholic Primary School

State-Funded School

st-james-roman-catholic-primary-school-bromley-london

LondonRegion

BromleyLocal Authority

OrpingtonConstituency

BR5 1BLPostcode

10.0

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

St James' Roman Catholic Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 5–11, located in Bromley, London.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 216 pupils. St James' Roman Catholic Primary School is part of ST OSCAR ROMERO CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 27 Jan 2026 · published 16 Mar 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Strong standard
Achievement
Strong standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Early years
Strong standard
Leadership and governance
Strong standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Quality ofeducation

Outstanding

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 94%
Higher standard: 48%
Reading score: 112
Maths score: 110

Ethnicity

White

56%

Asian

Black

Mixed

23%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

216

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

15%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 5 – 11
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 216
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)
MAT name: ST OSCAR ROMERO CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
12 Dec 2021	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding
5 Oct 2007	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.