Graded inspection · Feb 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in St. Helens
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | 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 entry545 applications · 292 places offered · 269 named it first
- 2026 1.9; St. Helens median median 2.1
- 2025 1.9; St. Helens median median 2.2
- 2024 1.9; St. Helens median median 1.9
- 2023 1.8; St. Helens median median 1.8
- 2022 1.9; St. Helens median median 1.7
- 2021 1.9; St. Helens median median 1.9
- 2020 2.0; St. Helens median median 2.0
- 2019 1.9; St. Helens median median 1.9
- 2018 1.9; St. Helens median median 1.9
- 2017 2.1; St. Helens median median 1.5
- 2016 2.8; St. Helens median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2015 2.6; St. Helens median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2014 2.4; St. Helens median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- St. Helens median
Dashed bars: as Rainhill High School (URN 104830), the previous school.
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, 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 | 292 | 545 | 1.9 | 269 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2025 | 291 | 548 | 1.9 | 279 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2024 | 297 | 551 | 1.9 | 280 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2023 | 305 | 539 | 1.8 | 302 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2022 | 287 | 541 | 1.9 | 291 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2021 | 291 | 558 | 1.9 | 300 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2020 | 289 | 577 | 2.0 | 287 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2019 | 297 | 553 | 1.9 | 315 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2018 | 297 | 548 | 1.9 | 300 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2017 | 293 | 606 | 2.1 | 310 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2016 * | 234 | 645 | 2.8 | 307 | 1.31 |
| Sep 2015 * | 236 | 617 | 2.6 | 286 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2014 * | 238 | 571 | 2.4 | 263 | 1.11 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 280 | 50.3 | 51% | 74% | – |
| 2024/25 | 291 | 45.9 | 41% | 64% | – |
| 2023/24 | 303 | 47.3 | 45% | 68% | −0.12 |
| 2022/23 | 294 | 48.0 | 46% | 67% | −0.15 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Rainhill High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.9applications per place 50.3Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · Knowsley20261.0applications per place 32.6Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · St. Helens20262.1applications per place 45.5Attainment 8
- 4.2 km · HaltonOutstanding20222.1applications per place 49.2Attainment 8
- 4.3 km · HaltonRemains Good20222.4applications per place 39.9Attainment 8
- 4.4 km · HaltonGood20243.0applications per place 37.0Attainment 8
- 4.4 km · KnowsleyRequires improvement20241.8applications per place 35.1Attainment 8
- 5.0 km · St. HelensRequires improvement20232.4applications per place 43.2Attainment 8
- 5.0 km · St. HelensRemains Good2022
- 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 144326 · 342/4104
- Trust
- Stephenson Multi Academy Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,550 pupils · 1,535 on roll
- Free school meals
- 16.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 March 2017
- Replaced
- Rainhill High School (URN 104830)
- Address
- Warrington Road, Rainhill, Prescot, L35 6NY
- Local authority
- St. Helens
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources