St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School
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 Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School is a primary school in St Helens, St. Helens for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 17 July 2024. St. Helens has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2025 entry.
St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic 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
- In 2024/25, 77% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in St. Helens.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2025; in 2022 and 2024 a last distance was published, and it swung sharply between those years.
- Reception 2026 drew 32 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families (9%) were not offered a place.
- Some 8.7% of pupils are 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
- Rainford Road, Windle, St Helens, WA10 6BX
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- St. Helens
- Pupils on roll
- 207 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 17 July 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this vibrant and caring school.”
- “They benefit from a vast array of activities, which the school organises for them beyond the school day.”
- “Pupils spoke enthusiastically about everyone having a chance to perform for others, including in highprofile venues.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects this information lacks detail, with too much being left for individual teachers to decide.”
- “This makes it difficult for the school to monitor the impact of its intended curriculum on pupils’ achievement.”
- “The lack of detail in some subjects also results in some unnecessary repetition and some gaps in learning as pupils move up the school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 October 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: 32 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 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.
- Bleak Hill Primary School 0.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Rivington Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Queen's Park CofE/Urc Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Devon Street 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary & St Thomas CofE Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Julie's Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Eccleston Mere Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Parish Church of England Primary School, St Helens 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published