St Cuthbert's Catholic Academy
Secondary · St Helens · WA9 3HE
Data updated
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 6 July 2022
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- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Website
- http://www.stcuthberts.com
- URN
- 152596
In figures
Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2023 entry went to 0.821 miles; distance decided places in 3 of the 11 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2013 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 6 July 2022 confirmed its earlier grade, Good.
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.
Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7
Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.
Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2023 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.821 miles
measured in a straight line.
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: St Helens school admissions · the wider St. Helens authority
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 17.7% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 33.6% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 14.2% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 30.7% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 41.1% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 48.4% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 28.2% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 23.2% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 6.2% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 2.9% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 6.7% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 32.2% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01006875 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £171,000319 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £117,000–£240,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Inside the Year 7 cutoff distance (1.32 km, 2023 entry): 522 sales, median £148,000. 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
- 4an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 4an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 8an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 3an 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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