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St Ann's Church of England Primary School

Primary · Prescot · L35 0LQ

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 25 February 2025

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At a glance

404 pupils · 96% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
9.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
3.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
13.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
https://www.rainhillstanns.co.uk/
URN
142154

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 54 families named it first for 56 Reception places, 0.96 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2022 entry went to 1.599 miles; distance decided places in 4 of the 7 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2014 to 2025. At its inspection on 25 February 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.96 first-choice applications per place

56 places offered · 54 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2025 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2025 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2022 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1.599 miles

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

59 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
75%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
10%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school75%
Median of its 12 closest peers69.5%
St. Helens average62.7%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Woodford Primary SchoolPlymouth · 216 miles awayGood (2019)77%
Kirby Muxloe Primary SchoolLeicester · 84 miles awayExpected standard82%
Heathlands Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, West BergholtColchester · 183 miles awayGood86%
Norristhorpe Junior and Infant SchoolLiversedge · 49 miles awayGood69%
Woodley Primary SchoolStockport · 28 miles awayNeeds attention53%
Allesley Primary SchoolCoventry · 85 miles awayGood65%
Our Lady of Ransom Catholic Primary SchoolRayleigh · 189 miles awayGood70%
Whitby Heath Primary SchoolEllesmere Port · 12 miles awayGood52%
Rossett Acre Primary SchoolHarrogate · 63 miles awayGood77%
St Catherine's Church of England Primary SchoolWare · 159 miles awayGood56%
Westfields Junior SchoolYateley · 165 miles awayGood66%
Lawford Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolManningtree · 190 miles awayExpected standard76%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 92% (St. Helens 85%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (St. Helens 1%, England 2%) · Any other White background 2% (St. Helens 4%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (St. Helens 1%, England 3%) · Asian Chinese 1% (St. Helens 0%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 1% (St. Helens 1%, England 4%) · other groups together 2%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
3.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
7.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

7.77 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · St. Helens: 2.88 suspensions and 0.08 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
23.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

86% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 14% moved to another state school

Vacancies (November 2025)

5.56% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

37.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 31.5 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £50,753; 21.1% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£5,689
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (77%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (2%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve -£223,000; in-year balance +£199,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher41%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications16.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work46.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways15.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health45.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier90.2%62.3%
Social housing1.7%17.1%
Privately rented8.1%20.5%
Detached houses54.9%22.9%
Flats14.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms38%21.1%
Households with no car or van13.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01006895 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£234,000276 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£180,000–£295,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (65)£373,000
Semi-detached (133)£235,000
Terraced (69)£170,000
Flat (9)£150,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (2.57 km, 2022 entry): 1,588 sales, median £200,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
6an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
6an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
16an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
4an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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