Primary schools in St Helens

38 primary schools in St Helens, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings.

St Helens in figures

For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 38 schools in St Helens first 1,296 times for 1,319 places: 0.98 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the St. Helens authority's 53 schools. 11 of the 38 had more first choices than places. For 2025 entry, 10 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.37 miles (Grange Valley Primary School) to 2.56 miles (Rainford CofE Primary School).

Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.

Bleak Hill Primary SchoolOutstanding · WA10 6HG
Grange Valley Primary SchoolOutstanding · WA11 0XQ
Broad Oak Community Primary SchoolGood · WA9 2JE
Carr Mill Primary SchoolGood · WA11 7PQ
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary SchoolGood · WA11 8JF
Eaves Primary SchoolGood · WA9 3UB
Haydock English Martyrs' Primary SchoolGood · WA11 0JY
Legh Vale Primary SchoolGood · WA11 0ER
Longton Lane Community Primary SchoolGood · L35 8PB
Queen's Park CofE/Urc Primary SchoolGood · WA10 4NQ
Rainford Brook Lodge Community Primary SchoolGood · WA11 8JX
Rainford CofE Primary SchoolGood · WA11 8AJ
Rivington Primary SchoolGood · WA10 6LF
Robins Lane Community Primary SchoolGood · WA9 3NF
Sherdley Primary SchoolGood · WA9 4HA
St James' Church of England Primary SchoolGood · WA11 0NL
St Julie's Catholic Primary SchoolGood · WA10 5HG
St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary SchoolGood · WA11 9AT
St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary SchoolGood · WA10 6BX
St. Mary's Blackbrook Catholic Primary SchoolGood · WA11 9QY
Sutton Manor Community Primary SchoolGood · WA9 4AT
Sutton Oak CofE Primary SchoolGood · WA9 3QD
Thatto Heath Community Primary SchoolGood · WA9 5QX
St Mary & St Thomas CofE Primary SchoolOutstanding (2019) · WA10 2HS
Holy Spirit Catholic Primary SchoolGood (2019) · WA9 2JE
Ashurst Primary SchoolExpected standard · WA11 9QJ
Eccleston Mere Primary SchoolExpected standard · WA10 5NX
Parish Church of England Primary School, St HelensExpected standard · WA10 1LW
St John Vianney Catholic Primary SchoolExpected standard · WA9 5BT
St Theresa's Catholic Primary SchoolExpected standard · WA9 4XU
Holy Cross Catholic Primary SchoolNeeds attention · WA10 1LN
Merton Bank Primary SchoolRequires improvement · WA9 1EJ
Nutgrove Methodist Primary SchoolRequires improvement · WA9 5NH
St Anne's Catholic Primary SchoolNeeds attention · WA9 3SP
St Austin's Catholic Primary SchoolNeeds attention · WA9 5NJ
St Mary's Catholic Infant AcademyRequires improvement · WA12 9RX
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Devon StreetNeeds attention · WA10 4HX
Willow Tree Primary SchoolRequires improvement · WA9 4LZ

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