St James Church of England Primary School, Handsworth, Birmingham

Disadvantaged pupils (%)

Ethnic minority pupils (%)

Percentages of all pupils on roll in 2022. Local figures represent the aggregate pupil populations of the ten closest nearby schools.

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St James Church of England Primary School, Handsworth

Sandwell Road, Birmingham B21 8NH

https://www.stjamesce.bham.sch.uk/

St James Church of England Primary School, Handsworth is a Church of England primary school maintained by the local authority (Birmingham). It has about 420 boys and girls aged between 4 and 11. In May 2019 the school was rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted.

Particular strengths include Representation, Disadvantaged pupils, Progress and Finances. Relative weaknesses include Attendance and Environment.

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0.4		Wattville Primary School
0.4		St Augustine's Catholic Primary School
0.5		Rookery School
0.6		William Murdoch Primary School
0.7		Grove School
0.7		James Watt Primary School
0.7		Oasis Academy Boulton
1.0		St Philip's Catholic Primary School
1.0		Galton Valley Primary School
1.0		Grestone Academy
1.1		Oasis Academy Foundry
1.1		Benson Community School

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Representation: In balance. The socio-economic mix and ethnic representation are both in balance with the local community.

Disadvantaged pupils: Excellent. Progress in maths is excellent. Progress in reading is excellent. Progress in writing is about average.

Progress: Above average. Progress in maths is excellent, in reading it is above average and in writing it is about average. (This takes into account pupils' prior performance. For actual grades, see Attainment.)

Finances: Above average. The school budget has been roughly in balance

Attainment: About average. Maths attainment is above average, reading is below average and GPS (grammar, punctuation and spelling) is about average. (This doesn't take into account pupils' prior performance. For that, see Progress.)

Admissions: About average. The occupancy rate and offer rate are both quite high.

Environment: Poor. Air pollution and traffic accidents are very high, while crime is quite high.

Attendance: Poor. Pupil absence rates and the incidence of persistent absence are both very high.

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