St Mary & St Thomas CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · St Helens, St. Helens
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
1.206 miles
Published by St Helens Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2022–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Mary & St Thomas CofE Primary School is a primary school in St Helens, St. Helens for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 29 January 2025. St. Helens has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2025 entry.
St Mary & St Thomas 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 | 1.206 mi |
| 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
- 77% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in St. Helens.
- For Reception 2026 there were 38 first-choice applications for 29 offers; 27 offers went to first-choice families, and 11 first-choice families (29%) were not offered a place.
- The 2025 Reception last distance offered was 1.206 miles, the 3rd longest of the 16 St. Helens primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 43% of pupils, against a middle figure of 33.5% 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
- Barton Close, St Helens, WA10 2HS
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- St. Helens
- Pupils on roll
- 230 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 43% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 29 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils embody the school's motto of 'believe, achieve and shine.' They refer to the school as a safe place where everyone is welcome.”
- “Pupils are polite and well mannered.”
- “They treat each other with respect and kindness.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 March 2025 (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: 38 first-preference applications, 29 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.
- Holy Cross Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Queen's Park CofE/Urc Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Parish Church of England Primary School, St Helens 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Devon Street 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Rivington Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Merton Bank Primary School 1.1 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Bleak Hill Primary School 1.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published