St James Primary School

What St James Primary School does

St James CofE Primary School is a state-funded voluntary aided Church of England primary school located on Grotto Road in Weybridge, Surrey, England (KT13 8PL). It serves children aged four to eleven — Reception through Year 6 — and operates with a workforce of approximately 123 staff, placing it on the larger end of UK primary schools. The school delivers the full National Curriculum alongside Early Years Foundation Stage provision, and supplements the core curriculum with an enriched programme including French (Years 3-6 via Language Angels and a specialist teacher), music education with whole-class ensemble teaching and individual instrument tuition, Years 4-6 swimming, Design and Technology (Kapow Primary scheme), PE (Get Set 4 PE), PSHE/RSE (Coram Life Education's SCARF), and an Outdoor Learning programme that uses the school's extensive grounds.

The school operates commercially as a non-fee-charging public education provider: there are no tuition fees, admissions are administered through Surrey County Council, and the underlying revenue base is government grant funding per pupil. Online payments are processed through the Scopay platform, and ancillary income is generated via facility hire ("Spaces to Hire"), before- and after-school childcare through the Sunset and Sunrise Club, school lunches, trips, and PTA fundraising (Friends of St James). Technology infrastructure is limited to operational tooling: a Juniper Websites CMS powering the school website, Scopay for payments, and a small portfolio of third-party curriculum software. No proprietary technology, AI/ML capability, or commercial product platform exists. Governance is exercised by a board of governors including church foundation governors, parent governors, staff governors, and local authority governors, with a close institutional partnership with St James Parish Church underpinning the CofE identity, collective worship, and community engagement. The operating geography is a single site serving the local Weybridge catchment.

Name

St James Primary School

Legal name

St James CofE Primary School

Website

https://stjames-weybridge.surrey.sch.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

St James CofE Primary School is a state-funded Church of England primary school in Weybridge, Surrey, providing free National Curriculum education to children aged 4-11, plus before/after-school childcare, enrichment programmes, and ancillary facility hire for the local community.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Primary Education (K-6)

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110), Educational Services (61)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Child Day Care Services (8351)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based (Religious) K–12 Schools (EDAJABAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Public K–12 Combined Schools (EDAJAAAE)

Keywords

• Primary education services
• National curriculum delivery
• Early childhood education
• Wraparound childcare services
• School admissions

Headquarters

HQ city

Weybridge

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others, Technology or R&D

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

St James CofE Primary School delivers free, state-funded primary education to children aged 4-11 (Reception through Year 6) in Weybridge, Surrey, under the English National Curriculum with a Church of England Christian ethos. Beyond classroom teaching the school provides specialist-led Music, French and PE, an outdoor learning programme using its grounds, and a paid wraparound childcare service (Sunrise and Sunset Club) for before- and after-school care.

Product overview

St James CofE Primary School is a Church of England primary school serving children from four to eleven years old in Weybridge, Surrey. The school offers a comprehensive educational program through the National Curriculum, enhanced by a distinctive Christian ethos. The core academic offerings include English (with Phonics, Reading, Writing), Maths, Science, Computing, History, Geography, RE, Art, DT (using Kapow Primary scheme), Music, PE (using Get Set 4 PE with swimming in Years 4-6), French (using Language Angels for Years 3-6), PSHE/RSE (using SCARF scheme), and Outdoor Learning. The school also provides EYFS for Reception children and childcare services through the Sunset and Sunrise Club. The curriculum is delivered through a combination of dedicated subject teaching and specialist instructors for French, Music, and PE with a Sports Coach.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Primary Education (Reception to Year 6)

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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App detail

Integration1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• St James Parish ChurchcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe school maintains a close relationship with St James Parish Church as part of its Church of England identity. The church school connection includes collective worship, spirituality programs, and shared community engagement.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• United Learning: A large multi-academy trust operating a national portfolio of primary and secondary schools across England. Represents the scaled, federated alternative to standalone maintained schools, with comparable curriculum and safeguarding obligations.
• REAch2 Academy Trust: A national primary-focused multi-academy trust running a large portfolio of primary schools in England. A comparable operator at scale, offering a model that St James could potentially federate with to gain back-office and procurement efficiencies.

Direct peers

• Oatlands School: A state primary school in Weybridge, Surrey, serving a similar 4-11 age range and competing for the same Weybridge catchment. Comparable in funding model, curriculum structure, and operational scale.
• Cleves School: A state primary school located in Weybridge, Surrey, directly competing for the same local families under the same Surrey County Council admissions framework. Comparable in size, age range (4-11), and curriculum scope, making it the closest geographic competitor.
• St Mary's CofE Primary School, Byfleet: A Church of England primary school in nearby Byfleet, sharing the same Surrey locality, faith-based designation, and voluntary aided funding model. A close operational and demographic peer.
• Pyrford CofE Primary School: A Church of England primary school in Pyrford, Surrey, sharing the same faith-based designation and voluntary aided status as St James. Directly comparable on ethos, governance structure, and curriculum scope.
• Manby Lodge Infant School: A state infant school in Weybridge, Surrey, part of the same local family of schools. Serves the younger portion of the primary age range and feeds older pupils into the broader Weybridge primary ecosystem, making it a directly comparable local peer.
• Byfleet Primary School: A state primary school in nearby Byfleet, Surrey, operating under the same Surrey County Council framework with a comparable 4-11 age range. Represents a directly comparable state primary in the same county and pupil market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/stjamesprimaryweybridge
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/st-james-primary-school

Compliance1 record

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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