Eccleston Mere Primary School

Community school·Primary school St Helens, St. Helens·WA10 5NX
Composite score
45.2
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#9,050
National rank
#1298
In North West
#32
In St. Helens
Top 61%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
66%
% achieving higher RWM
2%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 25/11/2025 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Inclusion
Expected standard
Safeguarding standards
Met
Early years
Expected standard

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
47 first choices, 57 places
First choices per place
0.82
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
118
any preference, for 57 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.09
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9720220.9820230.9120240.9220250.822026

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

Every child who put Eccleston Mere Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
2–11
Pupils on roll
403
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
17.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
2.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
5.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
9.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,219
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Eccleston Mere Primary School

Eccleston Mere Primary School is a primary school in St Helens, St. Helens, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 403 pupils aged 2 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted (November 2025). 66% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 12.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 2% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Eccleston Mere Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 57 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.1%. There are about 21.8 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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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