St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Devon Street
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · 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 🔒
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Devon Street is a primary school in St Helens, St. Helens for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). St. Helens has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2025 entry.
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Devon Street 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
- Reception 2026 had 25 first-choice applications for 30 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 60% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in St. Helens.
- There were 20.4 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 23.1 across the 8 nearest primary schools in St. Helens.
- 37.1% of pupils were eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 29.1% across 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
- St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Devon Street, St Helens, WA10 4HX
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- St. Helens
- Pupils on roll
- 151 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 37.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 2 December 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend this school, where staff know each child as an individual.”
- “Staff greet pupils and their families warmly each morning.”
- “This helps pupils feel safe and ready to learn.”
To improve
- “There is some variation in how well some pupils achieve as they move through the school.”
- “Some disadvantaged pupils, those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), and those known to children’s social care do not make the progress that they should.”
- “Leaders’ checks on learning are not precise enough to spot gaps in knowledge or misconceptions.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 January 2026 (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) | 60% | 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: 25 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 25 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.
- Queen's Park CofE/Urc Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mary & St Thomas CofE Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Rivington Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Bleak Hill Primary School 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Eccleston Mere Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Julie's Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Holy Cross Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published