Report card · inspected Jan 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in St. Helens
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 20 January 2026Report card · 4 Expected standard, 3 Needs attention
- 12 October 2021Graded inspection: Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry26 applications · 12 places offered · 10 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.2; St. Helens median median 2.1
- 2025 1.9; St. Helens median median 2.0
- 2024 1.5; St. Helens median median 1.8
- 2023 1.7; St. Helens median median 1.9
- 2022 1.5; St. Helens median median 1.9
- 2021 1.7; St. Helens median median 1.6
- 2020 2.4; St. Helens median median 1.9
- 2019 1.4; St. Helens median median 1.9
- 2018 1.7; St. Helens median median 1.8
- 2017 1.5; St. Helens median median 1.8
- 2016 1.4; St. Helens median median 2.0
- 2015 1.7; St. Helens median median 2.0
- 2014 1.8; St. Helens median median 1.9
- This school
- St. Helens median
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 12 | 26 | 2.2 | 10 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2025 | 16 | 30 | 1.9 | 16 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 21 | 32 | 1.5 | 21 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 20 | 33 | 1.7 | 20 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 14 | 21 | 1.5 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 15 | 25 | 1.7 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 12 | 29 | 2.4 | 11 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2019 | 18 | 26 | 1.4 | 16 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2018 | 30 | 51 | 1.7 | 33 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2017 | 28 | 41 | 1.5 | 18 | 0.64 |
| Sep 2016 | 26 | 37 | 1.4 | 14 | 0.54 |
| Sep 2015 | 23 | 40 | 1.7 | 20 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2014 | 24 | 42 | 1.8 | 20 | 0.83 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 64% · Writing 64% · Maths 56% → all three 44% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- St. Helens median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 44% | 12% | 103 | 101 |
| 2023/24 | 52% | 0% | 103 | 100 |
| 2022/23 | 32% | 0% | 102 | 100 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Holy Cross Catholic Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.2applications per place 44%met the SATs standard
- 0.1 km · St. Helens20262.1applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · St. HelensStandards maintained20252.8applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · St. HelensRequires improvement20241.9applications per place 28%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · St. HelensRemains Good20241.9applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · St. HelensGood20243.2applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · St. HelensRemains Good20231.7applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · St. HelensGraded · no overall grade20241.7applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · St. Helens20251.8applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 104804 · 342/3404
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 197 on roll
- Free school meals
- 34.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Charles Street, St Helens, WA10 1LN
- Local authority
- St. Helens
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources