Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Prescot, St. Helens
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
0.487 miles
Published by St Helens Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2022–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School is a primary school in Prescot, St. Helens for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 19 November 2024. St. Helens has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2025 entry.
Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2025 | 0.487 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2025, the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.487 miles away, the 2nd shortest of 16 St. Helens primary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2025 Reception last distance was the longest of the 3 years with a published distance, further than in 2024 and 2022, and it swung sharply between some years.
- For 2026 Reception entry, there were 51 first-choice applications for 34 offers; 33 offers went to first-choice families, and 18 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 77% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 17% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other St. Helens schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Albany Avenue, Prescot, L34 2QN
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- St. Helens
- Pupils on roll
- 244 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 19 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils happily participate in all aspects of the life of this vibrant and nurturing school.”
- “They rise to the school’s very high expectations of behaviour by conducting themselves impeccably, in lessons and at social times.”
- “They listen intently, follow instructions immediately and use every opportunity to learn.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 December 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 77% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 51 first-preference applications, 34 offers in total, 33 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in St. Helens.
- Longton Lane Community Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Nutgrove Methodist Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Austin's Catholic Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Eccleston Mere Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Ann's Church of England Primary School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Thatto Heath Community Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Julie's Catholic Primary School 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St John Vianney Catholic Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published