Queen's Park CofE/Urc Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled 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 🔒
Queen's Park CofE/Urc Primary School is a primary school in St Helens, St. Helens for ages 4–11 (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.
Queen's Park CofE/Urc 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
- 72% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), the 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in St. Helens.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2025, as at 36 of the 52 other St. Helens primary schools with a published Reception 2025 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 45 first-choice applications for 57 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 12 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 45.1% 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
- Rivington Road, St Helens, WA10 4NQ
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England/United Reformed Church
- Council
- St. Helens
- Pupils on roll
- 375 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 45.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 25 January 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils, including children in the early years, enjoy coming to school and are excited about their learning.”
- “They described the school as amazing, fun and friendly.”
- “Staff know pupils and their families well.”
To improve
- “That said, too many pupils are regularly absent from school, including pupils with SEND and those who are disadvantaged.”
- “This hinders how well these pupils learn the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 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) | 72% | 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: 45 first-preference applications, 57 offers in total, 45 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 Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Devon Street 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Rivington Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary & St Thomas CofE Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bleak Hill Primary School 0.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Holy Cross Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Parish Church of England Primary School, St Helens 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Eccleston Mere Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published