Cowley International College
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–18 · St Helens, St. Helens
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
6.213 miles
Published by St Helens Borough Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Cowley International College is a secondary school in St Helens, St. Helens for ages 11–18 (community school). St. Helens has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Cowley International College 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 6.213 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 6.213 miles away, the longest of 5 St. Helens secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was further from the school than in 2025 and in 2023, and was the longest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- Year 7 2026 had 213 first-choice applications for 243 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 30 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 30% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 39.3 (England 46).
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
- Hard Lane, St Helens, WA10 6PN
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- St. Helens
- Pupils on roll
- 1,514 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 36.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 10 March 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils feel safe and are typically happy at this rapidly improving school.”
- “They value the time they get to spend with their friends and enjoy their learning.”
- “Pupils are confident that staff will resolve any concerns they have.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils do not attend regularly enough.”
- “In the past, pupils did not learn consistently well across the curriculum, including in the sixth form.”
- “This meant that many pupils left school without being well prepared for their next steps.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 May 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 30% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 39.3 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 213 first-preference applications, 243 offers in total, 213 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in St. Helens.
- De La Salle School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Academy 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St. Cuthbert's Catholic Academy 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Sutton Academy 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Outwood Academy Haydock 3.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Rainford High School 3.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Rainhill High School 3.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Hope Academy 5.2 mi Not judged Last distance published