St James' Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · 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 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St James' Church of England Primary School is a primary school in St Helens, St. Helens for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 3 February 2023. St. Helens has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2025 entry.
St James' Church of England 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 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 65% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 5% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 had 13 first-choice applications for 20 offers, 0.7 first choices per offer, the lowest of 53 St. Helens primary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2025, as at 36 of the 52 other St. Helens primary schools with a published Reception 2025 outcome.
- Free school meal eligibility is 43.5%, against a middle figure of 26.4% 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
- Lyme Street, Haydock, St Helens, WA11 0NL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- St. Helens
- Pupils on roll
- 161 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 43.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 3 February 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this school.”
- “They are kind and respectful towards each other.”
- “Pupils said that the best thing about their school is the people in it.”
To improve
- “Even so, in a couple of subjects, some pupils do not have a secure knowledge of what they have learned.”
- “This is because the curriculum is new and teachers have not identified the gaps in pupils’ previous learning before introducing new subject content.”
- “However, in some subjects, the core knowledge that pupils must learn is not made clear enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 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) | 65% | 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: 13 first-preference applications, 20 offers in total, 13 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.
- Haydock English Martyrs' Primary School 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Grange Valley Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Lyme Community Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Legh Vale Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The District CofE Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Junior Academy 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Mary's Catholic Infant Academy 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Broad Oak Community Primary School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published