St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Devon Street

Voluntary aided school·Primary school St Helens, St. Helens·WA10 4HX
Composite score
47.2
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National rank
#1179
In North West
#27
In St. Helens
Top 56%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
60%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 02/12/2025 · Read full report ↗

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
25 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
0.83
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
54
any preference, for 30 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.02
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9720221.0020230.9220240.8220250.832026

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

Every child who put St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Devon Street 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
165
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
41.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
19.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
16.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,538
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Devon Street

St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Devon Street is a primary school in St Helens, St. Helens, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 165 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. 60% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 19.0 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 105 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% 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 St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Devon Street their first choice was offered one of its 30 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.2%. There are about 16.5 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 42% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Devon Street 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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