Sutton Oak CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3–11 · St Helens, St. Helens
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
Every applicant was offered a place
From St Helens Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2022–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Sutton Oak CofE Primary School is a primary school in St Helens, St. Helens for ages 3–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 25 January 2023. St. Helens has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2025 entry.
Sutton Oak CofE 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- Free school meals eligibility stands at 40.2% of pupils, against a middle figure of 30.6% across the 8 nearest primary schools in St. Helens.
- Reception entry in 2026 drew 27 first-choice applications for 37 offers, 0.7 first choices per offer, the 3rd lowest of 53 St. Helens primary schools.
- Every first-choice family was offered a Reception place in 2026, and 10 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 57% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in St. Helens.
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
- Goodban Street, Sutton, St Helens, WA9 3QD
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- St. Helens
- Pupils on roll
- 301 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 40.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 25 January 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and feel safe at this school.”
- “They described their school as one big family, because everyone looks after one another.”
- “Pupils like that staff take time to talk with them.”
To improve
- “However, in a few remaining subjects, leaders have not finalised their curriculum thinking.”
- “This makes it difficult for teachers to know exactly what should be taught and in what order.”
- “On occasions, this hinders how well pupils learn new knowledge and information.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 March 2023 (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) | 57% | 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: 27 first-preference applications, 37 offers in total, 27 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.
- St Anne's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Robins Lane Community Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Allanson Street Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Eaves Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holy Spirit Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Sherdley Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Broad Oak Community Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Willow Tree Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published