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St James-the-Less Roman Catholic Primary School, Rawtenstall

St James-the-Less Roman Catholic Primary School, Rawtenstall is a state-maintained primary school in Rossendale, United Kingdom with 211 pupils. As of 10 November 2026 it is advertising 1 vacancy: Teaching Assistant 3 (closes 27 November).

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Head
Jessica Bell-Shaw, Headteacher
Type
State-maintained, Primary
Pupils
211 pupils · 53% girls · 11.4% eligible for free school meals · 1.4% with English as an additional language
DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs
20 (9.5%) on SEN support · 3 (1.4%) with an education, health and care plan
DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
Local authority
Lancashire
Location
Rossendale, BB4 8SU, United Kingdom
Telephone
01706216190
Website
stjamesthelessschool.co.uk
Register number
URN 119665 (register entry)

Vacancies (1)

Exam results

YearKS2 expectedKS2 higher
2024/2581%19%
2023/2473%7%
2022/2387%13%

Department for Education performance tables.

Inspections

DateInspectionOutcome
18 January 2023Ungraded inspectionSchool remains Good

Ofsted. Inspections graded schools Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate until August 2024. From September 2024 there were no overall grades; since November 2025 a report card grades each area: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention or urgent improvement.

Staff

YearTeachersPupils per teacherLeaversVacanciesAverage pay
2025/269.123.2–0£49,779
2024/2510.520.329%0£47,660
2023/249.322.50%0£41,693
2022/238.026.519%0£40,472
2021/229.322.428%0£41,513
2020/217.228.90%0£42,523
Earlier years (2010/11 to 2019/20)
YearTeachersPupils per teacherLeaversVacanciesAverage pay
2019/208.624.316%0£38,002
2018/198.923.420%0£37,420
2017/188.923.60%0£31,493
2016/179.223.012%0£34,641
2015/169.023.611%0£36,611
2014/159.023.227%0£36,102
2013/147.228.213%0£38,185
2012/138.024.613%0£37,482
2011/127.027.917%0£36,032
2010/1111.416.943%0£38,250

Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.

Attendance

YearSessions missedUnauthorisedPersistently absentSeverely absent
2025/263.5%0.3%6.5%1.1%
2024/253.6%0.3%6.0%0.6%
2023/244.4%0.7%8.8%0.6%
2022/234.0%0.5%9.8%0.5%
2021/225.0%0.3%9.8%0.0%
2020/211.6%0.1%2.2%0.0%
Earlier years (2016/17 to 2018/19)
YearSessions missedUnauthorisedPersistently absentSeverely absent
2018/192.9%0.2%5.0%0.0%
2017/183.4%0.5%6.5%0.0%
2016/172.4%0.2%2.2%0.0%

Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).

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Sources

Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.

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