St James' CofE Primary School

Malvern Hills · WR14 4BB

General information Primary School · 4-11 years Who goes here 35 pupils, 20% FSM

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St James' CofE Primary School

General Information

Address: West Malvern Road, Malvern, WR14 4BB – View on map
Phone: 01684561207
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mrs Jen Alford
Age range: 4-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 5 families put it first for 5 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England
Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

35 pupils out of 105 places Plenty of room

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 7
% eligible for free school meals: 20.0%
Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (more mixed than the Malvern Hills average)
English as an additional language: 14% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 19.6% a year (Malvern Hills 14.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 100% moved to another school, 0% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Across Worcestershire: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 3 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
Suspensions for bullying: 6 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 2 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state primary schools in Worcestershire (the council area this school is in), not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 4.5%
Persistently absent pupils: 4.9%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 25.7%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 11.4%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Other difficulty or disability: 8 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

Good 2020 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted changed how it rates schools in the last couple of years, so ratings from different years aren't always on the same scale - that's why we show the year alongside every rating.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 73% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 12 percentage points above the Malvern Hills average (61%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 53% against an expected 66%)
3-year average (expected standard): 53%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 82% · Writing 73% · Maths 82% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 91%
Average test scores: reading 108, maths 105
Based on: 11 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

SATs results over time

This schoolMalvern Hills averageEngland↗ Improving Up 37 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 12 percentage points above the Malvern Hills average (61%).

Year 6 SATs: joint 7th of 34 junior and primary schools in the area

#6Welland Primary School74%
=7Bayton CofE Primary School73%
=7St James' CofE Primary School73%
#9Broadheath CofE Primary School72%
=10Abberley Parochial VC Primary School71%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

=1Broadwas CofE Aided Primary School88%
=1Eldersfield Lawn CofE Primary School88%
=1Hanley Swan St Gabriel's with St Mary's CofE Primary School88%
#4Malvern Wyche CofE Primary School81%
#5Suckley Primary School80%
#6Welland Primary School74%
=7Bayton CofE Primary School73%
=7St James' CofE Primary School73%
#9Broadheath CofE Primary School72%
=10Abberley Parochial VC Primary School71%
=10Castlemorton Church of England Primary School71%
=10Northleigh CofE Primary School71%
#13Tenbury CofE Primary School70%
=14Malvern Parish CofE Primary School68%
=14Rushwick CofE Primary School68%
=16Callow End CofE Primary School67%
=16Powick CofE Primary School67%
#18Upton-Upon-Severn CofE Primary and Pre School66%
#19Great Witley CofE Primary School63%
#20Hallow CofE Primary School61%
#21Kempsey Primary School59%
=22Leigh and Bransford Primary School56%
=22Somers Park Primary School56%
=22St Joseph's Catholic Primary School56%
#25Martley CofE Primary School55%
=26Astley CofE Primary School50%
=26Clifton upon Teme Primary School50%
=26Madresfield CofE Primary School50%
=26Malvern Wells CofE Primary School50%
#30St Matthias Church of England Primary School48%
#31Great Malvern Primary School29%
#32Grimley and Holt CofE Primary School18%
#33Lindridge St Lawrence CE Primary School17%
#34Pendock CofE Primary School14%

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19th of 25 primary schools in Malvern Hills for Ofsted rating

#17Pendock CofE Primary SchoolGood
#18Somers Park Primary SchoolGood
#19St James' CofE Primary SchoolGood
#20St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#21St Matthias Church of England Primary SchoolGood

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Ofsted Rating ranking

Based on real Ofsted ratings (via official DfE data) for schools on the same four-word grading scale.

Rank School Score

#1Abberley Parochial VC Primary SchoolGood
#2Callow End CofE Primary SchoolGood
#3Castlemorton Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#4Clifton upon Teme Primary SchoolGood
#5Eldersfield Lawn CofE Primary SchoolGood
#6Great Witley CofE Primary SchoolGood
#7Hallow CofE Primary SchoolGood
#8Hanley Swan St Gabriel's with St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolGood
#9Kempsey Primary SchoolGood
#10Lindridge St Lawrence CE Primary SchoolGood
#11Madresfield CofE Primary SchoolGood
#12Malvern Parish CofE Primary SchoolGood
#13Malvern Wells CofE Primary SchoolGood
#14Malvern Wyche CofE Primary SchoolGood
#15Martley CofE Primary SchoolGood
#16Northleigh CofE Primary SchoolGood
#17Pendock CofE Primary SchoolGood
#18Somers Park Primary SchoolGood
#19St James' CofE Primary SchoolGood
#20St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#21St Matthias Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#22Tenbury CofE Primary SchoolGood
#23Upton-Upon-Severn CofE Primary and Pre SchoolGood
#24Welland Primary SchoolGood
#25Beacon View Primary SchoolInadequate

Financials

Spending per pupil: £12,129 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

4th of 35 primary schools in Malvern Hills for spending per pupil

#2Lindridge St Lawrence CE Primary School£12,363
#3Broadwas CofE Aided Primary School£12,239
#4St James' CofE Primary School£12,129
#5Madresfield CofE Primary School£9,245
#6Callow End CofE Primary School£9,012

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1Pendock CofE Primary School£12,493
#2Lindridge St Lawrence CE Primary School£12,363
#3Broadwas CofE Aided Primary School£12,239
#4St James' CofE Primary School£12,129
#5Madresfield CofE Primary School£9,245
#6Callow End CofE Primary School£9,012
#7Clifton upon Teme Primary School£8,852
#8St Joseph's Catholic Primary School£8,819
#9Rushwick CofE Primary School£8,647
#10Astley CofE Primary School£8,610
#11St Matthias Church of England Primary School£8,543
#12Hallow CofE Primary School£8,369
#13Grimley and Holt CofE Primary School£8,253
#14Upton-Upon-Severn CofE Primary and Pre School£8,227
#15Bayton CofE Primary School£7,828
#16Suckley Primary School£7,816
#17Eldersfield Lawn CofE Primary School£7,774
#18Malvern Wells CofE Primary School£7,602
#19Martley CofE Primary School£7,579
#20Castlemorton Church of England Primary School£7,451
#21Abberley Parochial VC Primary School£7,323
#22Hanley Swan St Gabriel's with St Mary's CofE Primary School£7,174
#23Malvern Wyche CofE Primary School£6,996
#24Great Malvern Primary School£6,980
#25Powick CofE Primary School£6,955
#26Welland Primary School£6,863
#27Broadheath CofE Primary School£6,808
#28Malvern Parish CofE Primary School£6,790
#29Somers Park Primary School£6,501
#30Great Witley CofE Primary School£6,278
#31Leigh and Bransford Primary School£6,177
#32Northleigh CofE Primary School£6,085
#33Kempsey Primary School£6,031
#34Tenbury CofE Primary School£5,866
#35Beacon View Primary School£1,894

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