Voluntary controlled school · Cumberland
St James' CofE Junior School
- Primary
- Ages 7–11
- Church of England
- Term dates set by the council
Term dates
Cumberland council sets the term dates for this school. See all Cumberland dates, taken from the council's own page.
2026/27
2027/28
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Admissions
Places for Reception and junior school are applied for through your home council, not the school.
Apply for a primary school place on GOV.UK
How places are given: as a Church of England school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.
Before and after school
No club is registered with Ofsted at this school's address. Ask the school about breakfast or after-school care, or find clubs nearby.
Ofsted inspection
Report card, 2 June 2026. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
Safeguarding standards: met.
From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.
About and location
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 7–11
- Pupils
- 156 (capacity 180)
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Carlisle
- Phone
- 01946695311
- Address
- Wellington Row, Whitehaven, CA28 7HG
- Website
- stjamesjun.cumbria.sch.uk
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.