Report card · inspected Mar 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 | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Strong standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard | ||||
- 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
- 24 March 2026Report card · 6 Strong standard, 1 Expected standard
- 26 January 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains 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 entry62 applications · 30 places offered · 35 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.1; St. Helens median median 2.1
- 2025 1.8; St. Helens median median 2.0
- 2024 1.9; St. Helens median median 1.8
- 2023 2.0; St. Helens median median 1.9
- 2022 1.4; St. Helens median median 1.9
- 2021 1.6; St. Helens median median 1.6
- 2020 1.8; St. Helens median median 1.9
- 2019 1.8; St. Helens median median 1.9
- 2018 2.1; St. Helens median median 1.8
- 2017 2.0; St. Helens median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2016 2.0; St. Helens median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2015 1.9; St. Helens median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2014 1.4; St. Helens median median 1.9; as the previous school
- This school
- St. Helens median
Dashed bars: as Parish CofE Primary School (URN 104793), 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 | 30 | 62 | 2.1 | 35 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2025 | 30 | 55 | 1.8 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2024 | 29 | 54 | 1.9 | 33 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2023 | 29 | 58 | 2.0 | 32 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2022 | 30 | 42 | 1.4 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2021 | 29 | 46 | 1.6 | 23 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2020 | 30 | 55 | 1.8 | 36 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2019 | 27 | 49 | 1.8 | 27 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 30 | 62 | 2.1 | 35 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2017 * | 30 | 61 | 2.0 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2016 * | 30 | 60 | 2.0 | 28 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2015 * | 30 | 56 | 1.9 | 34 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2014 * | 27 | 38 | 1.4 | 19 | 0.70 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 67% · Writing 70% · Maths 77% → all three 63% 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 | 63% | 10% | 106 | 105 |
| 2023/24 | 66% | 3% | 106 | 106 |
| 2022/23 | 72% | 10% | 106 | 106 |
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
- Parish Church of England Primary School, St HelensThis schoolThis school20262.1applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 0.1 km · St. Helens20262.2applications per place 44%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. HelensGood20243.2applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · St. HelensRemains Good20241.9applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · St. HelensGraded · no overall grade20241.7applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · St. HelensRemains Good20231.7applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 145458 · 342/3304
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 207 pupils · 229 on roll
- Free school meals
- 29.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 February 2018
- Replaced
- Parish CofE Primary School (URN 104793)
- Address
- Charles Street, St Helens, WA10 1LW
- Local authority
- St. Helens
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources