Free School meal poster
School Prospectus
Term Dates 2025-2026
PTA Links and information
Reception Links 2026
After School Club-Run by Emma Mahon 3-6pm
Emma-Louise Mahon emmalouisemahon@hotmail.com
Telephone 0771055553
WE DO NOT HAVE A BREAKFAST CLUB
Free School Meals portal
https://emsonline.gloucestershire.gov.uk/CitizenPortal/en?ReturnUrl=%2FCitizenPortal
Data Collection form
Medical conditions form
Coolmilk
Email for school office
School Website
Important dates-:
18 May 2026 5.30pm-Parent meeting at school
Teddybear storytime and stay and play sessions-We will send you information about how to register for timings after 18 May meeting. Your child would attend one Teddybear storytime and one stay and play session
Tues 16th - Thurs 18th June 2026- New Reception intake for Sept 2026 Teddy Bear Story times 2:00-2:30pm
Mon 22nd - Wed 24th June 2026 - New Reception intake for Sept 2026 ‘Stay and Play’ sessions 1:30-2:30pm
Your child will start school in September 2026. When you attend the stay and play session, you will be provided with the date and timings of when your child will start in September 2026.
Dear Parent,
If you came along to one of the tours, it was great to welcome you to St James’
Our vision ‘inspiring and growing for fullness of life’ really matters and is fundamental to our vision of the journey that pupils take at our school. Our children are all individual and unique; they have all been and are going on a different journey but our mission is to ensure that we develop the whole child, designing a curriculum that enables them to ‘live life to the fullest’
.Attached is our-:
School prospectus
Primary Guidance booklet and poster
Gloucestershire County Council will send you a letter, regarding Reception 2026 admission. The council are encouraging you to apply online as this means you will receive an email on allocation day. The link to apply online is
Admission to Reception at Primary School/Year 3 Junior School & Lower to Middle school places for September 2026 | Gloucestershire County Council
You will need to apply to your home Local Authority and will be required to state all your school preferences, including those that are not within your County on the one form.
If you have any queries on the admissions process, please contact Admissions team on 01452 425407 or by emailing school.admissions@gloucestershire.gov.uk
From November 2025-Letters sent out to Gloucestershire residents explaining how to apply for a school place
From 3 November 2025 to Midnight 15 January 2026-Application Window.
Closing date for school applications is Midnight on 15 January 2026
16 April 2026-Allocation Day
23 April 2026-Closing date to return reply form accepting the School/Academy place or requesting to be put on waiting list/s
After 14 May 2026-Outcome of Waiting List Requests
Midnight 21 May 2026-Closing date for return of reply forms
Late June 2026 to July 2026-Appeals