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Schools in St. Helens

72 open schools · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · best primary schools · best secondary schools

St. Helens has 71 state schools: 54 primary, 9 secondary, 1 nursery. Between them they teach around 25,422 pupils. 61 have enough published data for a score, averaging 4.6 out of 10, and 4 score 8 or above.

8 have a sixth form. 37 take children from age three or under. 35 have a religious character, which usually means the school sets its own admissions criteria rather than the council's. How the score works.

Good or better

35

of 40 rated

Average score

4.6

out of 10

Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding

These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.

St James' Church of England Primary School Good · ×0.65 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Sutton Oak CofE Primary School Good · ×0.73 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School Good · ×0.75 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Queen's Park CofE/Urc Primary School Good · ×0.79 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Rainford Brook Lodge Community Primary School Good · ×0.83 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Mary's Catholic Primary School Good · ×0.88 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Anne's Catholic Primary School Good · ×0.91 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Thatto Heath Community Primary School Good · ×0.91 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Rainhill High School Good · ×0.92 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Sutton Manor Community Primary School Good · ×0.92 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in St. Helens

Primary schools: Typical published hierarchy is siblings, then catchment area, then distance as tie-break within category. (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

Allanson Street Primary School Merseyside · Good Ascent Autism Specialist College St Helens · Good Ashurst Primary School St Helens Billinge Chapel End Primary School Wigan · Good Bleak Hill Primary School St Helens · Outstanding Broad Oak Community Primary School St Helens · Not judged Carmel College St Helens · Outstanding Carr Mill Primary School St Helens · Good Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School St Helens · Good Cowley International College St Helens De La Salle School St. Helens · Requires improvement Eaves Primary School St Helens · Good Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School Prescot · Not judged Eccleston Mere Primary School St Helens Garswood Primary and Nursery School Wigan · Outstanding Grange Valley Primary School St Helens · Outstanding Haydock English Martyrs' Primary School St. Helens · Good Holy Cross Catholic Primary School St Helens Holy Spirit Catholic Primary School St Helens · Good Hope Academy Newton-le-Willows · Not judged Lansbury Bridge School St Helens · Good Legh Vale Primary School St Helens · Not judged Longton Lane Community Primary School St Helens · Good Lyme Community Primary School Newton-le-Willows · Not judged Merton Bank Primary School St Helens · Requires improvement Mill Green School St Helens · Not judged Newton-le-Willows Primary School Newton-le-Willows Nutgrove Methodist Primary School St Helens · Not judged Oakdene Primary Academy Prescot · Good Outwood Academy Haydock St. Helens · Not judged Parish Church of England Primary School, St Helens St Helens Queen's Park CofE/Urc Primary School St Helens · Good Rainford Brook Lodge Community Primary School St Helens · Good Rainford CofE Primary School St Helens · Good Rainford High School St Helens Rainhill Community Nursery Prescot Rainhill High School Prescot · Good Rectory CofE Primary School Wigan Rivington Primary School St Helens · Good Robins Lane Community Primary School St Helens · Good Sherdley Primary School St Helens · Good St Aidan's CofE Primary School Billinge Wigan St Ann's Church of England Primary School Prescot · Not judged St Anne's Catholic Primary School St Helens · Good St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Academy St. Helens · Not judged St Austin's Catholic Primary School St Helens · Good St Bartholomew's Catholic Primary School Prescot · Good St Cuthbert's Catholic Academy St Helens · Good St Helens College St Helens St James' Church of England Primary School St Helens · Good St John Vianney Catholic Primary School St Helens St Julie's Catholic Primary School St Helens · Not judged St Mary & St Thomas CofE Primary School St Helens · Outstanding St Mary's Catholic Infant Academy St Helens · Requires improvement St Mary's Catholic Junior Academy Newton-le-Willows · Requires improvement St Mary's Catholic Primary School Nr Wigan · Good St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School St Helens · Not judged St Peter's CofE Primary School Newton-le-Willows · Not judged St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Devon Street St Helens St Theresa's Catholic Primary School St Helens St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School St Helens · Good St. Mary's Blackbrook Catholic Primary School St Helens · Good Sutton Manor Community Primary School St Helens · Good Sutton Oak CofE Primary School St Helens · Good Thatto Heath Community Primary School St Helens · Good The District CofE Primary School Newton-le-Willows · Good The Sutton Academy St Helens Tower College Prescot Wargrave CofE Primary School Newton-le-Willows · Not judged Wargrave House School Newton-le-Willows Willow Bank School Newton-le-Willows Willow Tree Primary School St Helens · Requires improvement

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Key dates

Entry year	Event	Date
Sept 2028	Application deadline	31 October 2027
Sept 2028	Primary application deadline	15 January 2028
Sept 2028	Offer day	1 March 2028
Sept 2028	Primary offer day	17 April 2028
Sept 2027	Application deadline	31 October 2026
Sept 2027	Primary application deadline	15 January 2027
Sept 2027	Offer day	1 March 2027
Sept 2027	Primary offer day	16 April 2027
Sept 2026	Application deadline	31 October 2025 (passed)
Sept 2026	Primary application deadline	15 January 2026 (passed)
Sept 2026	Offer day	2 March 2026 (passed)
Sept 2026	Primary offer day	16 April 2026 (passed)

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