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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 24 June 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains Good · as St James Catholic Primary School, URN 106239
- 20 January 2016Graded inspection: Good · as St James Catholic Primary School, URN 106239
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry39 applications · 29 places offered · 27 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.3; Tameside median median 1.8
- 2025 1.4; Tameside median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2024 1.7; Tameside median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2023 1.4; Tameside median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2022 1.7; Tameside median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2021 1.5; Tameside median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2020 1.4; Tameside median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2019 1.7; Tameside median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2018 1.3; Tameside median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2017 1.9; Tameside median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2016 1.5; Tameside median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2015 1.6; Tameside median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2014 1.9; Tameside median median 2.7; as the previous school
- This school
- Tameside median
Dashed bars: as St James Catholic Primary School (URN 106239), the previous school.
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 29 | 39 | 1.3 | 27 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2025 * | 19 | 26 | 1.4 | 19 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 * | 17 | 29 | 1.7 | 16 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2023 * | 19 | 27 | 1.4 | 16 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2022 * | 18 | 30 | 1.7 | 18 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 * | 29 | 42 | 1.5 | 28 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2020 * | 24 | 34 | 1.4 | 22 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2019 * | 21 | 35 | 1.7 | 21 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 18 | 24 | 1.3 | 16 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2017 * | 15 | 28 | 1.9 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 17 | 25 | 1.5 | 17 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 23 | 37 | 1.6 | 23 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 13 | 25 | 1.9 | 12 | 0.92 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- St James Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyThis schoolThis schoolRemains Good20211.3applications per place
- 0.4 km · TamesideRemains Good20231.7applications per place
- 0.8 km · TamesideRemains Good20241.5applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · TamesideRemains Good20231.5applications per place
- 1.4 km · TamesideGood2023
- 1.5 km · TamesideRemains Good2022
- 2.3 km · TamesideGood20232.7applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 km · Tameside20261.7applications per place
- 2.5 km · Tameside20261.4applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 152037 · 357/3305
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 207 on roll
- Free school meals
- 45.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2025
- Replaced
- St James Catholic Primary School (URN 106239)
- Address
- Cheriton Close, Off Underwood Road, Hattersley, Hyde, SK14 3DQ
- Local authority
- Tameside
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources