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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 29 January 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 26 February 2019Graded inspection: Outstanding
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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 entry82 applications · 29 places offered · 38 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.8; St. Helens median median 2.1
- 2025 2.7; St. Helens median median 2.0
- 2024 1.8; St. Helens median median 1.8
- 2023 1.8; St. Helens median median 1.9
- 2022 1.7; St. Helens median median 1.9
- 2021 2.0; St. Helens median median 1.6
- 2020 2.2; St. Helens median median 1.9
- 2019 1.9; St. Helens median median 1.9
- 2018 2.3; St. Helens median median 1.8
- 2017 1.8; St. Helens median median 1.8
- 2016 2.2; St. Helens median median 2.0
- 2015 1.8; St. Helens median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2014 2.8; St. Helens median median 1.9; as the previous school
- This school
- St. Helens median
Dashed bars: as St Mary's and St Thomas' CofE Primary School (URN 104796), the previous school.
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 | 29 | 82 | 2.8 | 38 | 1.31 |
| Sep 2025 | 29 | 79 | 2.7 | 33 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2024 | 30 | 54 | 1.8 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2023 | 29 | 52 | 1.8 | 26 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2022 | 30 | 52 | 1.7 | 28 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2021 | 30 | 59 | 2.0 | 37 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2020 | 30 | 65 | 2.2 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2019 | 29 | 56 | 1.9 | 30 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2018 | 30 | 68 | 2.3 | 38 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2017 | 30 | 54 | 1.8 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2016 | 30 | 65 | 2.2 | 37 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2015 * | 30 | 55 | 1.8 | 27 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2014 * | 30 | 84 | 2.8 | 47 | 1.57 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 83% · Writing 90% · Maths 83% → all three 77% 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 | 77% | 10% | 107 | 107 |
| 2023/24 | 89% | 7% | 108 | 110 |
| 2022/23 | 83% | 13% | 107 | 111 |
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
- St Mary & St Thomas CofE Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20252.8applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · St. Helens20262.2applications per place 44%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · St. HelensRemains Good20231.7applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · St. Helens20262.1applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · St. Helens20251.8applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · St. HelensGood20243.2applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · St. HelensRemains Good20242.9applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · St. HelensRequires improvement20241.9applications per place 28%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · St. HelensOutstanding20242.1applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 142161 · 342/3310
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 230 on roll
- Free school meals
- 43.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 August 2015
- Replaced
- St Mary's and St Thomas' CofE Primary School (URN 104796)
- Address
- Barton Close, St Helens, WA10 2HS
- Local authority
- St. Helens
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources