Ofsted: Good trending_up Places Available emoji_events #47 in Tameside public Top 85% UK

Hurst Knoll St James' Church of England Primary School

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMr Jonathon Hobday

location_onAshton-under-Lyne, OL6 8JS

language Visit Website phone 1613304049

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2017

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Students

196

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Expected Standard

47%

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Demand Ratio

1.0x

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Hurst Knoll St James' Church of England Primary School is a Voluntary controlled school primary school in Ashton-under-Lyne, serving ages 4-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 85% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Hurst Knoll St James' Church of England Primary School is a voluntary controlled school in Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside, admitting pupils aged 4-11. The school has approximately 195 pupils on roll, of whom 59% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 47% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined. The school ranks #47 of 59 primaries in Tameside and #10,846 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2017. The school's current overall rating is Good.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 1.0× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 20.3:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were 2 permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 2.3 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

47%

LA 59%

Reading63% LA 74%

Writing57% LA 68%

Maths53% LA 73%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

102

GPS SS

103

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

28%

LA 60%England 61%

Reading66% LA 73% · Eng 74%

Writing59% LA 69% · Eng 72%

Maths38% LA 73% · Eng 73%

Read SS

102

Maths SS

GPS SS

100

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

40%

LA 56%England 60%

Reading57% LA 71% · Eng 73%

Writing63% LA 68% · Eng 71%

Maths47% LA 71% · Eng 73%

Read SS

102

Maths SS

GPS SS

100

Progress (0 = national avg)

-3.4

Read

LA -0.1

-5.7 to -1.1

-2.6

Write

LA -0.8

-4.9 to -0.4

-5.4

Maths

LA 0.0

-7.6 to -3.3

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

69%

LA 63%England 65%

Reading76% LA 71% · Eng 73%

Writing83% LA 76% · Eng 78%

Maths76% LA 78% · Eng 79%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

105

GPS SS

106

Progress (0 = national avg)

1.7

Read

LA 0.7

-0.5 to 4.0

2.0

Write

LA 0.3

-0.1 to 4.1

2.2

Maths

LA 0.9

0.2 to 4.2

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

79%

LA 62%

Reading86% LA 72%

Writing83% LA 77%

Maths93% LA 74%

Read SS

106

Maths SS

107

GPS SS

107

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

LA 0.2

3.7 to 8.3

4.6

Write

LA 0.3

2.4 to 6.8

7.7

Maths

LA 0.6

5.7 to 9.7

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

05 July 2022

Inspection Report

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08 February 2017

Inspection Report

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22 January 2013

Inspection Report

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23 March 2011

Inspection Report

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16 January 2008

Inspection Report

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24 March 2003

Inspection Report

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Inspection History

3 Evaluations

2017-02-08

None Legacy

No Judgement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

Development

Leadership

2013-01-22

S5 Inspection Legacy

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

2011-03-23

None EIF

Requires improvement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Requires improvement

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

0.0%per term

sentiment_satisfied Below Average (Good)

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.0%(0 pupils)

Spring term 2025

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 195 pupils. During this period, there were 0 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 0.0%, which is below the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg	Perm. Excl.
2024/25 (Spring term)	195	0	0.0%	0.8%	0
2024/25 (Autumn term)	193	9	4.7%	0.9%	2
2023/24 (Summer term)	201	9	4.5%	0.8%	0
2023/24 (Spring term)	196	7	3.6%	0.7%	1
2023/24 (Autumn term)	200	7	3.5%	0.8%	0
2022/23 (Summer term)	203	7	3.4%	0.7%	0
2022/23 (Spring term)	196	7	3.6%	0.6%	1
2022/23 (Autumn term)	199	14	7.0%	0.6%	0
2021/22 (Summer term)	205	2	1.0%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Spring term)	206	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Autumn term)	210	1	0.5%	0.5%	0
2020/21 (Summer term)	208	2	1.0%	0.4%	0
2020/21 (Spring term)	206	2	1.0%	0.1%	0
2020/21 (Autumn term)	210	3	1.4%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Summer term)	217	0	0.0%	0.0%	0
2019/20 (Spring term)	217	2	0.9%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Autumn term)	222	2	0.9%	0.6%	0
2018/19 (Summer term)	216	3	1.4%	0.4%	0
2018/19 (Spring term)	215	1	0.5%	0.5%	0
2018/19 (Autumn term)	214	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Summer term)	214	1	0.5%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Spring term)	214	1	0.5%	0.4%	0
2017/18 (Autumn term)	221	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2016/17 (Summer term)	225	4	1.8%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Spring term)	223	1	0.4%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Autumn term)	218	2	0.9%	0.5%	0

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Primary areas of need currently supported by the school. A high number often indicates specialized internal units or high staff experience in these areas.

Speech, Language & Communication 24 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 13 pupils

Specific Learning Difficulty 5 pupils

Hearing Impairment 1 pupils