Primary school in Gloucester, Gloucestershire
St James' Church of England Junior School
Upton Street, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL1 4JU
Ofsted
Graded Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 15 September 2021.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 5 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
- Current published outcome
- Requires improvement
- Last overall grade in this dataset
- Requires improvement
- Days since inspection
- 1,843 days
- Framework era
- Historic overall-grade framework (ended September 2024)
These four fields describe the latest published inspection on this record. The dataset does not keep a previous inspection row, so a school inspected under the current framework will usually have no overall grade to show as “prior”.
key stage 2 results 2024/25
Not published for this URN in the current phase-appropriate school performance release.
- Evidence found
- No publishable key stage 2 headline attainment value for this exact URN.
- Source coverage
- DfE school-level 2024/25 performance files, joined by URN. Suppressed, not applicable and not published cells remain distinct from zero.
- What this means
- School Facts has no official phase-compatible attainment figure to display for this establishment and year.
- What this does not mean
- The school had no pupils, achieved 0%, performed poorly, or lacks results outside this release.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 186
- Places
- 236
- How full
- 79% full — 186 of 236 places taken, so places are likely to be available
- Girls / boys
- 109 / 77
- Overall absence
- 6%
- Persistently absent
- 21%
primary schools average 5.2%
primary schools average 12.8% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions
- Free school meals, last 6 years
- 37%
- English as an additional language
- 60%
- With an EHC plan
- 2%
- On SEN support
- 24%
England 25.7%
England 18.7%
England 3.5%
England 15%
School funding 2025-26 financial year
Not found for this URN in the 2025-26 release.
- Evidence found
- Not found for this URN in the 2025-26 release; this is not represented as £0.
- Source coverage
- DfE mainstream-school allocations for running costs for pupils aged 5-16, importer snapshot 23 August 2026.
- What this means
- The official mainstream allocation release does not provide a publishable row for this establishment.
- What this does not mean
- The school received no public funding or has no budget; other establishment types and funding streams use different publications.
Allocation is not expenditure. DfE says this release combines the schools block with several other revenue grants and excludes capital spending. Funding is shown for context and is never used in School Facts ordering, peer groups or quality claims. Source, licence and coverage.
Roads and getting there
Road casualties within 500m
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 3
- All reported collisions
- 32
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 11
- Busiest road nearby
- U
England average 1.6 — pedestrians under 16, over five years
England average 24.2 over five years
781 vehicles a day (2019)
Public transport
- Bus stops within 500m
- 12
- Nearest station
- Gloucester Rail Station
England average 11.9
0.9 km away — railway station
Traffic volume is the context the collision count needs: a school beside a major road will record more collisions than one on a quiet street without being any less well run.
Every collision reported to the police within 500m of the school over the five years to 2024, from the Department for Transport's road casualty statistics. A high count usually says the school sits on or near a busy road, not that the school is unsafe — counts rise with traffic and with how built up an area is, and a rural school on a fast road may have fewer collisions but a worse one. Distances are straight-line from the school's recorded position.
The area around the school
Among the most deprived fifth of England.
Among the most deprived fifth of England for children in low-income families.
Indices of Deprivation 2019, for the small area the school stands in. 1 means the most deprived tenth of England, 10 the least. The second measure counts only children living in low-income families, which is the one that describes the intake a school is likely to draw on.
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £185,000
- Typical range
- £152,750 to £215,000
- Semi-detached
- £216,300
- Terraced
- £175,000
- Flat
- £96,500
postcode sector GL1 4 · 229 sales
middle half of sales
Homes around this school are cheaper than most of England.
Every residential sale registered in this postcode sector since January 2024, from HM Land Registry. A sector covers roughly 2,500 addresses. England's median over the same period was £293,000.
Who lives there
- Adults with a degree
- 23%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 29%
- In professional or managerial work
- 4%
- Households deprived in 2+ ways
- 25%
- Residents in very good health
- 46%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 13.4%
England 17.8%
England 48.4%
Housing
- Owned by the occupier
- 41%
- Social housing
- 8%
- Privately rented
- 50%
- Detached homes
- 30%
- Four or more bedrooms
- 13%
- No car
- 44%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 19.2%
England 38.2%
England 22.5%
England 21.9%
Census 2021, for Gloucester 005D and the wider neighbourhood around it. These figures describe the area, not the pupils — children may travel in from much further away, and for selective, faith and independent schools they usually do.
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 7–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Emma Gardiner
- Opened as this establishment
- 1 May 2024
- Register status
- Open
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
- Ward
- Barton and Tredworth
- Constituency
- Gloucester
- URN
- 150509
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
The URN identifies this registered establishment. If a school converts or is replaced, DfE may issue a new URN; this page does not stitch different establishments together by a similar name.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Ashraf Primary SchoolOther independent school | No overall grade | — | 0.1 mi | |
| Hatherley Infant SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Good 2024 | — | 0.3 mi | |
| Widden Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Requires improvement 2022 | — | 0.3 mi | |
| Tredworth Infant and Nursery AcademyAcademy converter | Good 2023 | — | 0.3 mi | |
| Tredworth Junior SchoolCommunity school | Good 2023 | 33% | 0.4 mi | |
| St Paul's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Good 2024 | 34% | 0.7 mi | |
| St Peter's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2023 | 57% | 0.7 mi | |
| Finlay Community SchoolFoundation school | Good 2024 | 58% | 0.7 mi |
Schools like this
The 12 state schools in England whose intake most closely matches this one — same phase and sector, and as near as the data allows on size, disadvantage, SEN, English as an additional language and the deprivation of the surrounding area. These are the schools it can fairly be judged against.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Expected standard | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastborough AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Dewsbury | Requires improvement 2021 | — | |
| Stepney Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Hull | Good 2023 | 43% | |
| Avonmore Primary SchoolCommunity school | London | Outstanding 2023 | 71% | |
| Middlemarch SchoolFoundation school | Nuneaton | No overall grade | 43% | |
| St Francis RC Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Manchester | Inadequate 2023 | — | |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, WalsallVoluntary aided school | Walsall | Report card 2026 | 73% | |
| Edinburgh Primary SchoolCommunity school | London | Good 2024 | 67% | |
| Ranelagh Primary SchoolAcademy converter | London | No overall grade | 83% | |
| Ribbleton Avenue Infant SchoolCommunity school | Preston | No overall grade | — | |
| Springfield Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | London | Outstanding 2023 | 73% | |
| Swaythling Primary SchoolFoundation school | Southampton | No overall grade | 55% | |
| Green Dragon Primary SchoolCommunity school | Brentford | Good 2022 | 70% |
Matching uses only characteristics a school does not choose. It is not a ranking, and a close match on intake does not make two schools interchangeable — sixth form, faith character, admissions rules and simple geography all matter and are not in the calculation.
Evidence ledger
Reference dates and join methods are kept separate because the figures do not all describe the same year or geography.
| Evidence | Publisher | Reference date | How it reaches this page |
|---|---|---|---|
| School identity | Get Information About Schools | 23 August 2026 | Exact URN 150509; unified importer snapshot |
| Inspection evidence | Ofsted management information | 31 July 2026 | Exact URN; inspection 15 September 2021 |
| Pupil intake | DfE school census | 2024/25 | Exact URN; suppressed values remain missing |
| Funding allocation | DfE school funding statistics | 2025-26 financial year | No row for this URN in the mainstream-school release; not represented as zero |
| Roads and transport | DfT road casualties, traffic and NaPTAN | Five-year road window; access-node snapshot | Coordinate join within the stated radius |
| Neighbourhood | ONS Census | 2021 | LSOA/MSOA containing the school, not pupil homes |
| Deprivation | English Indices of Deprivation | 2019 | LSOA containing the school |
| Home prices | HM Land Registry Price Paid Data | Sales since January 2024 | School postcode sector, not a catchment |
These sources are published for reuse under the Open Government Licence v3.0, including the Crown database-right notice that accompanies Price Paid Data. Definitions and source notes. If something here looks wrong, the school's own website is the authority on admissions and open days.