St. Helens schools and admissions data

St Helens Borough Council has 60 primary schools and 18 secondary schools. 2% of St. Helens's schools are private schools. 38 state schools in St. Helens follow the local authority's admissions criteria, while 33 set their own.

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Ofsted ratings
in St. Helens

  1. Outstanding 17
  2. Good 39
  3. Requires Improvement 11
  4. Inadequate 2

Most popular state schools
in St. Helens in 2019

  1. Primary
  2. Secondary
  1. 1

    St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Windle, St Helens

    Ofsted: Good

  2. 2

    Robins Lane Community Primary School

    Community school • St Helens

    Ofsted: Good

  3. 3

    Lyme Community Primary School

    Community school • Newton-le-Willows

    Ofsted: Good

  4. 4

    St Bartholomew's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Rainhill, Prescot

    Ofsted: Good

  5. 5

    Holy Spirit Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Parr, St Helens

    Ofsted: Good

  6. 6

    Allanson Street Primary School

    Community school • Parr, Merseyside

    Ofsted: Good

  7. 7

    St Mary & St Thomas' CofE Primary School

    Academy converter • St Helens

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  8. 8

    St Mary's Catholic Junior School

    Voluntary aided school • Newton-le-Willows

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  9. 9

    St Anne's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Sutton, St Helens

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  10. 10

    St Austin's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • St Helens

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  11. 11

    St Mary's Catholic Infant School

    Voluntary aided school • Newton-le-Willows, St Helens

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  12. 12

    St John Vianney Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Sutton Heath, St Helens

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  13. 13

    Haydock English Martyrs' Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Haydock, St. Helens

    Ofsted: Good

  14. 14

    Wargrave CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school • Newton-le-Willows

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  15. 15

    Eccleston Mere Primary School

    Community school • Eccleston, St Helens

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  16. 16

    Holy Cross Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • St Helens

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  17. 17

    Sutton Oak CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school • Sutton, St Helens

    Ofsted: Good

  18. 18

    Sherdley Primary School

    Community school • Sutton, St Helens

    Ofsted: Good

  19. 19

    Garswood Primary and Nursery School

    Community school • Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  20. 20

    Rectory CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • North Ashton, Wigan

    Ofsted: Good

  1. 1

    Marydale Lodge Sch

    Secure units • 99 Edge Lane, Liverpool

    Ofsted: None

  2. 2

    Lakeside Early Adult Provision - LEAP College (Wargrave House Ltd)

    Special post 16 institution • Newton-le-Willows

    Ofsted: None

  3. 3

    De La Salle School

    Voluntary aided school • Eccleston, St Helens

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  4. 4

    Rainhill High School

    Academy converter • Rainhill, Prescot

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  5. 5

    Haydock High School

    Community school • Haydock, St Helens

    Ofsted: Inadequate

  6. 6

    The Sutton Academy

    Academy sponsor led • St Helens

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  7. 7

    St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic High School

    Voluntary aided school • Blackbrook, St Helens

    Ofsted: Inadequate

  8. 8

    Launchpad Centre

    Pupil referral unit • St Helens

    Ofsted: Good

  9. 9

    Cowley International College

    Community school • St Helens

    Ofsted: Good

  10. 10

    St Cuthbert's Catholic High School

    Voluntary aided school • Sutton, St Helens

    Ofsted: Good

Popularity is based on the number of first preference applications a school received compared to the number of places available, where we have this data. Where places available data isn't held, first preferences are compared to the number of offers made.

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