St James Preparatory School
St James Preparatory School is an independent school in London for boys and girls aged 2 to 11. It has 121 pupils and room for 320.
Earsby Street, Olympia, Earsby Street, London, W14 8SH020 7348 1777stjamesschools.co.uk/prepschoolMrs Hilary Wyatt headteacherAll details
Inspection
This private school is inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, not Ofsted. Its reports are at isi.net.
Results
The government does not publish comparable results for most independent schools (IGCSEs are left out of its measures), so none are shown here.
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Hammersmith and Fulham council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 121 | 157 | 185 | 180 | 195 | 203 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 21% | 22% | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 2% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 0% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St James Senior Girls' School | Independent (grammar) | 0 m | 180 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Wetherby Pembridge | Independent | 210 m | 100 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Kensington Primary Academy | Academy | 280 m | 221 | Not inspected | 52 | Compare |
| James Lee Nursery School | Local authority nursery school | 420 m | 41 | Outstanding 2023 | – | Compare |
| Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College | Further education | 470 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Parayhouse School | Non-maintained special | 470 m | 50 | Good 2024 | – | Compare |
| Ecole Française de Londres Jacques Prévert | Independent | 600 m | 287 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Larmenier & Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School | Roman Catholic | 610 m | 442 | No overall grade 2024 | 94 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is St James Preparatory School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score St James Preparatory School yet.
How many pupils does St James Preparatory School have?
121 pupils aged 2 to 11 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 320 places, so it is 38% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Earsby Street, Olympia, Earsby Street, London, W14 8SH
- Telephone
- 020 7348 1777
- Website
- www.stjamesschools.co.uk/prepschool
- Headteacher
- Mrs Hilary Wyatt
- Type of school
- Independent school (Other independent school, independent schools)
- Phase
- Independent school, ages 2-11, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- Ward
- Avonmore
- Constituency
- Hammersmith and Chiswick
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 25 February 1976
- URN
- 131268 · LAESTAB 2056400 · UKPRN 10075551
- Formerly
- St James Independent School for Boys (Junior Department)
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.