Graded inspection · Mar 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary 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 | |||
| Early years 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 entry83 applications · 29 places offered · 27 named it first
- 2026 2.9; St. Helens median median 2.1
- 2025 2.9; St. Helens median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2024 2.8; St. Helens median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2023 3.4; St. Helens median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2022 3.1; St. Helens median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2021 3.8; St. Helens median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2020 4.0; St. Helens median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2019 3.5; St. Helens median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2018 2.8; St. Helens median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2017 3.7; St. Helens median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2016 4.1; St. Helens median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2015 4.5; St. Helens median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2014 4.0; St. Helens median median 1.9; as the previous school
- This school
- St. Helens median
Dashed bars: as Oakdene Primary School (URN 104781), 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 | 83 | 2.9 | 27 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2025 * | 30 | 88 | 2.9 | 33 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2024 * | 29 | 80 | 2.8 | 29 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 * | 30 | 102 | 3.4 | 35 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2022 * | 28 | 87 | 3.1 | 29 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2021 * | 30 | 114 | 3.8 | 42 | 1.40 |
| Sep 2020 * | 30 | 119 | 4.0 | 45 | 1.50 |
| Sep 2019 * | 29 | 100 | 3.5 | 29 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 28 | 78 | 2.8 | 23 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2017 * | 30 | 111 | 3.7 | 50 | 1.67 |
| Sep 2016 * | 31 | 126 | 4.1 | 35 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2015 * | 30 | 134 | 4.5 | 46 | 1.53 |
| Sep 2014 * | 29 | 117 | 4.0 | 46 | 1.59 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Oakdene Primary AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20242.9applications per place
- 0.7 km · St. HelensGraded · no overall grade20252.1applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · St. HelensStandards maintained20252.5applications per place 78%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · St. HelensRemains Good20242.0applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · St. HelensGood20221.8applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · KnowsleyOutstanding20242.4applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · KnowsleyRemains Good20241.7applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · KnowsleyRemains Good20231.3applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
- 2.2 km · St. Helens20262.2applications per place 80%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
- 151020 · 342/2064
- Trust
- Wade Deacon Trust
- Capacity
- 244 pupils · 206 on roll
- Free school meals
- 8.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 November 2025
- Replaced
- Oakdene Primary School (URN 104781)
- Address
- Ashton Avenue, Rainhill, Prescot, L35 0QQ
- Local authority
- St. Helens
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources