Nutgrove Methodist Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · St Helens, St. Helens
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
0.805 miles
Published by St Helens Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2022–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Nutgrove Methodist Primary School is a primary school in St Helens, St. Helens for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 11 February 2025. St. Helens has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2025 entry.
Nutgrove Methodist 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 | 0.805 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
- For Reception 2025, the last child offered a place lived 0.805 miles from the school, the 8th longest of 16 St. Helens primary schools with a published last distance.
- The Reception 2025 last distance was further from the school than in 2024, and it swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 25 first-choice applications for 27 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 64% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 4% 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
- Govett Road, Nutgrove, St Helens, WA9 5NH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Methodist
- Council
- St. Helens
- Pupils on roll
- 194 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 11 February 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and enjoy attending Nutgrove Methodist Primary School.”
- “Pupils trust that staff will listen to any worries or concerns and help them when needed.”
- “Most pupils behave well and have fun at playtimes with their friends.”
To improve
- “However, the behaviour of some pupils in lessons and around school is not as positive.”
- “Some staff do not ensure that pupils follow the behaviour systems.”
- “This leads to disruption in some lessons.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 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) | 64% | 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: 25 first-preference applications, 27 offers in total, 25 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 Austin's Catholic Primary School 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Thatto Heath Community Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St John Vianney Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Longton Lane Community Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Ann's Church of England Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Eccleston Mere Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Devon Street 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published