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St Mary & St Thomas CofE Primary School

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

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corporate_fareTHE THREE SAINTS ACADEMY TRUST

location_onSt Helens, WA10 2HS

phone 1744734320

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Ofsted

Outstanding

Inspected 2019

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Students

224

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Expected Standard

77%

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Demand Ratio

1.0x

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St Mary & St Thomas CofE Primary School is a Academy converter primary school in St Helens, serving ages 3-11. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted — the highest possible grade. Ranks in the top 17% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

St Mary & St Thomas CofE Primary School is an academy converter in St Helens, St. Helens, admitting pupils aged 3-11. It is part of THE THREE SAINTS ACADEMY TRUST. The school has approximately 231 pupils on roll, of whom 44% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 77% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 10% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #3 of 52 primaries in St. Helens and #1,064 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2019. The school's current overall rating is Outstanding.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 1.0× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 24.3:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.9 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

77%

LA 60%

Reading83% LA 73%

Writing90% LA 73%

Maths83% LA 71%

Read SS

107

Maths SS

107

GPS SS

109

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

89%

LA 60%England 61%

Reading93% LA 73% · Eng 74%

Writing89% LA 73% · Eng 72%

Maths93% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Read SS

108

Maths SS

110

GPS SS

109

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

83%

LA 61%England 60%

Reading93% LA 73% · Eng 73%

Writing87% LA 72% · Eng 71%

Maths97% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Read SS

107

Maths SS

111

GPS SS

108

Progress (0 = national avg)

3.2

Read

LA 0.3

0.8 to 5.5

3.1

Write

LA 0.3

0.9 to 5.4

7.5

Maths

LA 0.0

5.3 to 9.7

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

67%

LA 65%England 65%

Reading70% LA 73% · Eng 73%

Writing80% LA 79% · Eng 78%

Maths77% LA 77% · Eng 79%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

106

GPS SS

108

Progress (0 = national avg)

1.2

Read

LA 0.0

-1.0 to 3.5

1.5

Write

LA 0.1

-0.5 to 3.5

2.9

Maths

LA 0.1

1.0 to 4.9

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

50%

LA 62%

Reading64% LA 73%

Writing82% LA 78%

Maths64% LA 74%

Read SS

102

Maths SS

102

GPS SS

106

Progress (0 = national avg)

-3.3

Read

LA -0.4

-5.6 to -1

-0.2

Write

LA 0.0

-2.4 to 2

-2.3

Maths

LA -0.6

-4.4 to -0.2

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

28 January 2025

Inspection Report

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26 February 2019

Inspection Report

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05 August 2015

Inspection Report

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Inspection Report

Inspection History

2 Evaluations

2019-02-26

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Outstanding

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Outstanding

2008-01-16

None Legacy

Outstanding

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Outstanding

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

1.7%per term

warning Above Average

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

1.3%(3 pupils)

Spring term 2025

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 231 pupils. During this period, there were 4 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 1.7%, which is above the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2024/25 (Spring term)	231	4	1.7%	0.8%
2024/25 (Autumn term)	229	0	0.0%	0.9%
2023/24 (Summer term)	237	0	0.0%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	235	0	0.0%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	229	0	0.0%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	228	0	0.0%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	224	1	0.4%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	213	0	0.0%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	219	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	215	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	218	0	0.0%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	225	15	6.7%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	230	2	0.9%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	230	4	1.7%	0.4%
2019/20 (Summer term)	228	0	0.0%	0.0%
2019/20 (Spring term)	228	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Autumn term)	217	0	0.0%	0.6%
2018/19 (Summer term)	228	0	0.0%	0.4%
2018/19 (Spring term)	228	0	0.0%	0.5%
2018/19 (Autumn term)	221	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Summer term)	230	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Spring term)	223	0	0.0%	0.4%
2017/18 (Autumn term)	219	1	0.5%	0.5%
2016/17 (Summer term)	226	3	1.3%	0.4%
2016/17 (Spring term)	225	4	1.8%	0.4%
2016/17 (Autumn term)	222	1	0.5%	0.5%

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Primary areas of need currently supported by the school. A high number often indicates specialized internal units or high staff experience in these areas.

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 31 pupils

Speech, Language & Communication 25 pupils

Specific Learning Difficulty 22 pupils

Moderate Learning Difficulty 5 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 3 pupils

Other Difficulty/Disability 3 pupils

Multi-Sensory Impairment 1 pupils