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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 26,598 pupils. 60 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.

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Newton-le-Willows 9 schools Prescot 18 schools
Allanson Street Primary School Merseyside · Good Ascent Autism Specialist College St Helens · Good Ashurst Primary School St Helens · Good 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 · Good 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 · Good 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 · Good 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 · Good 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 · Outstanding 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 · Good Rainhill Community Nursery Prescot · Outstanding Rainhill High School Prescot · Good Rectory CofE Primary School Wigan · Requires improvement 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 · Requires improvement 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 High School 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 · Good 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 · Good St Theresa's Catholic Primary School St Helens · Good 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 · Good Tower College Prescot Wargrave CofE Primary School Newton-le-Willows · Not judged Wargrave House School Newton-le-Willows · Good Willow Bank School Newton-le-Willows · Good Willow Tree Primary School St Helens · Requires improvement

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) Ashurst Primary School Good · ×0.76 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Queen's Park CofE/Urc Primary School Good · ×0.79 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Eccleston Mere Primary School Good · ×0.82 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Holy Cross Catholic Primary School Good · ×0.83 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Rainford Brook Lodge Community Primary School Good · ×0.83 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Devon Street Good · ×0.83 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Newton-le-Willows Primary School Good · ×0.84 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.

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 2027-10-31
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 2028-01-15
Sept 2028 Offer day 2028-03-01
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 2028-04-17
Sept 2027 Application deadline 2026-10-31
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 2027-01-15
Sept 2027 Offer day 2027-03-01
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 2027-04-16
Sept 2026 Application deadline 2025-10-31 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 2026-01-15 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 2026-03-02 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 2026-04-16 (passed)

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