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Parish Church of England Primary School, St Helens

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personMrs Jennifer Young

corporate_fareLIVERPOOL DIOCESAN SCHOOLS TRUST

location_onSt Helens, WA10 1LW

language Visit Website phone 1744678430

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Ofsted

Outstanding

Inspected 2016

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Students

221

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Expected Standard

63%

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Demand Ratio

1.1x

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Parish Church of England Primary School, St Helens is a Academy converter primary school in St Helens, serving ages 3-11. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted — the highest possible grade. Demand is above capacity (1.1×) — apply through your local authority on time. Ranks in the top 53% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Parish Church of England Primary School, St Helens is an academy converter in St Helens, St. Helens, admitting pupils aged 3-11. It is part of LIVERPOOL DIOCESAN SCHOOLS TRUST. The school has approximately 236 pupils on roll, of whom 33% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 63% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 10% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #28 of 52 primaries in St. Helens and #7,472 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2016. The school's current overall rating is Outstanding.

The school is oversubscribed — in the most recent cycle, there were 1.1× as many applications as places, making a successful application competitive.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 18.5:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there was 1 permanent exclusion. The average suspension rate was 0.9 per 1,000 pupils per term.

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

Academic Performance

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

63%

LA 60%

Reading67% LA 73%

Writing70% LA 73%

Maths77% LA 71%

Read SS

106

Maths SS

105

GPS SS

106

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

66%

LA 60%England 61%

Reading90% LA 73% · Eng 74%

Writing66% LA 73% · Eng 72%

Maths86% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Read SS

106

Maths SS

106

GPS SS

107

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

72%

LA 61%England 60%

Reading79% LA 73% · Eng 73%

Writing79% LA 72% · Eng 71%

Maths86% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Read SS

106

Maths SS

106

GPS SS

109

Progress (0 = national avg)

0.9

Read

LA 0.3

-1.4 to 3.2

1.3

Write

LA 0.3

-1.0 to 3.6

2.0

Maths

LA 0.0

-0.2 to 4.2

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

70%

LA 65%England 65%

Reading83% LA 73% · Eng 73%

Writing83% LA 79% · Eng 78%

Maths83% LA 77% · Eng 79%

Read SS

105

Maths SS

105

GPS SS

107

Progress (0 = national avg)

1.6

Read

LA 0.0

-0.7 to 3.8

1.0

Write

LA 0.1

-1.1 to 3.1

0.4

Maths

LA 0.1

-1.6 to 2.4

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

25 January 2022

Inspection Report

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06 February 2018

Inspection Report

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Inspection Report

Inspection History

2 Evaluations

2016-01-19

Maintained Academy and School Short inspection EIF

Outstanding

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Outstanding

2010-12-08

None EIF

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

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

0.4%per term

sentiment_satisfied Below Average (Good)

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

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.4%(1 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 236 pupils. During this period, there were 1 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 0.4%, which is below the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg	Perm. Excl.
2024/25 (Spring term)	236	1	0.4%	0.8%	0
2024/25 (Autumn term)	221	3	1.4%	0.9%	1
2023/24 (Summer term)	231	6	2.6%	0.8%	0
2023/24 (Spring term)	231	6	2.6%	0.7%	0
2023/24 (Autumn term)	224	3	1.3%	0.8%	0
2022/23 (Summer term)	228	1	0.4%	0.7%	0
2022/23 (Spring term)	221	3	1.4%	0.6%	0
2022/23 (Autumn term)	200	2	1.0%	0.6%	0
2021/22 (Summer term)	202	2	1.0%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Spring term)	203	1	0.5%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Autumn term)	202	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2020/21 (Summer term)	200	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2020/21 (Spring term)	203	3	1.5%	0.1%	0
2020/21 (Autumn term)	203	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Summer term)	203	0	0.0%	0.0%	0
2019/20 (Spring term)	203	1	0.5%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Autumn term)	204	2	1.0%	0.6%	0
2018/19 (Summer term)	207	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2018/19 (Spring term)	207	1	0.5%	0.5%	0
2018/19 (Autumn term)	202	0	0.0%	0.5%	0

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.

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 6 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 5 pupils

Speech, Language & Communication 4 pupils

Severe Learning Difficulty 2 pupils

Physical Disability 2 pupils

Specific Learning Difficulty 1 pupils

Moderate Learning Difficulty 1 pupils

Other Difficulty/Disability 1 pupils