Parish Church of England Primary School, St Helens
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · St Helens, St. Helens
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
0.555 miles
Published by St Helens Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2022–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Parish Church of England Primary School, St Helens is a primary school in St Helens, St. Helens for ages 3–11 (academy converter). St. Helens has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2025 entry.
Parish Church of England Primary School, St Helens 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 | 0.555 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
- The Reception 2025 last distance offered was 0.555 miles, the 4th shortest of the 16 St. Helens primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance.
- The Reception last distance was nearer the school in 2025 than in 2024 and 2022, and the 2025 figure was the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 35 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 27 offers went to first-choice families, and 8 first-choice families (23%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 63% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Charles Street, St Helens, WA10 1LW
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- St. Helens
- Pupils on roll
- 229 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 24 March 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils arrive each morning to a calm and welcoming environment.”
- “Relationships are warm and caring.”
- “Staff greet every child by name.”
To improve
- “However, pupils' achievement is not consistently high across the school.”
- “Disadvantaged pupils' results also dipped in 2025.”
- “While leaders have taken steps to address this, the picture remains mixed.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 May 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) | 63% | 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: 35 first-preference applications, 30 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 0.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary & St Thomas CofE Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Merton Bank Primary School 0.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Rivington Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Allanson Street Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Queen's Park CofE/Urc Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Devon Street 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published