St James Church School
Academy sponsor led primary school in Taunton (Somerset).
Location
iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).About
The children at St James are our greatest asset but we are also blessed with engaged parents, a loving community and a team of staff who put children at the centre of all that we do. Visitors often comment on the positive and supportive atmosphere in our school. We are an ambitious school located near to the centre of the historic town of Taunton.
We cater for children aged 2-11 years and have 14 classes from the Foundation Stage to Year 6 as well as our large and successful Nursery. Our school community is very diverse with over 25% of our children speaking English as an additional language.
We take great pride in this and fully utilise the children's many different languages, their cultural diversity and heritage as often as possible. Our school is a fully inclusive school and is widely recognised as offering great support for both children and parents. We were recently featured in the Sunday Times for this support, please see the article here.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
6 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- ELSA (Emotional Literacy Support)
- Forest School
- Growth Mindset
- Times Tables Rock Stars
- Accelerated Reader
- Bug Club
Awards
1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Eco SchoolsEnvironment
Key facts
- URN
- 139324
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Opened
- 2013
Governing body (5 current, 1 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.1 governor is linked to a profile (all confirmed).
Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Cerys Elizabeth Randell | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2021 · until 2029 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Kwadwo Prempe | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Charlotte Weech | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Duncan MacRae Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Joshua Luff | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Cerys Elizabeth Randell Former | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2021 · term ended 2025 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record