We are delighted to have been ranked within the top 3% of primary schools in the country according to the Time Educational Supplement (December 2024).  You can find out more information here

We are delighted to have been awarded the prestigious Platinum Green Tree School Award by the Woodland Trust.

Have a look here at our wonderful World Book Day celebrations this year.

We are delighted to have been awarded the UNICEF Rights Respecting Gold award in February 2025.

Conscious inclusion is a core part of our school development plan and is embeded in everything we do from our curriculum and enrichment programme to our behaviour and restorative justice approach.  Please see our Inclusion pages for more information.

We are fortunate to be next door to beautiful Highgate Woods and our Reception, Year 1, Year 2 and Year 3 classes take part in Forest School. 

We were delighted to host our beautiful globe as part of the World Reimagined Project.  Ours was by artist Bryony-Benge Abbott who was inspired by the legacy of Kenyan activist, Wangari Maathai, who founded the Green Belt Movement and was the first African women to win a Nobel Peace Prize.

We are delighted to have been given the PSQM Outreach award this year.

We wore red to school this term to show our support for Show Racism The Red Card who are one of the UK's leading anti-racism educational charity. The majority of their work involves the delivery of educational workshops to young people and adults in schools, workplaces and at events held in football stadiums. Across the UK, they produce educational resources to challenge misconceptions, stereotypes and negative attitudes in society.

At St James, we pride ourselves in having a curriculum that reflects our school community and celebrates diversity. We want all our pupils to thrive through informed curiosity about the world and think critically about how to change the world for the better. 

Our school is part of Haringey's pledge to raise achievement for all.  

'Every child and young person in Haringey matters.  Every child and young person deserves the best life chances, especially when they face additional barriers due to ethnicity and disadvantage.   It is everyone's responsibility to make this a reality and create the equality of opportunity we want to see.'