Secondary schools in St Helens

7 secondary 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 Year 7 places in September 2026, families named the 6 schools in St Helens first 1,264 times for 1,215 places: 1.04 first choices per place, against 1.01 across the St. Helens authority's 8 schools. 3 of the 6 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 2 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.75 miles (The Sutton Academy) to 0.86 miles (Rainford High 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.

Outwood Academy HaydockGood · WA11 0JG
St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic AcademyGood · WA11 9BB
St Cuthbert's Catholic AcademyGood · WA9 3HE
Rainford High SchoolExpected standard · WA11 8NY
The Sutton AcademyExpected standard · WA9 5AU
Cowley International CollegeNeeds attention · WA10 6PN
De La Salle SchoolRequires improvement · WA10 4QH

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Browse by authority: St. Helens · compare schools side by side · the map. School data: DfE & Ofsted, Open Government Licence v3.0.