Grange Valley Primary School

Community school·Primary school St Helens, St. Helens·WA11 0XQ
Composite score
67.2
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#2,237
National rank
#266
In North West
#7
In St. Helens
Top 15%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
71%
% achieving higher RWM
18%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
60%
47 first choices, 29 places
First choices per place
1.62
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
88
any preference, for 29 places
Last place offered lived
0.37 mi
straight line, 2025 intake · 592 m
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.17
00.511.522.5
1 per place
1.7920221.3720231.2020241.7920251.622026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2025 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
2–11
Pupils on roll
282
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
18.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
6.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
11.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,719
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Grange Valley Primary School

Grange Valley Primary School is a primary school in St Helens, St. Helens, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 282 pupils aged 2 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 71% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 24.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 15% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 18% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Competition for places is real here - 60% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (47 first choices for 29 places). The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2025 lived 0.37 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. Overall pupil absence was 5.0%. There are about 21.1 pupils per teacher. Grange Valley Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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