St Julie's Catholic Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school St Helens, St. Helens·WA10 5HG
Composite score
60.6
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#3,778
National rank
#482
In North West
#11
In St. Helens
Top 26%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
77%
% achieving higher RWM
9%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
28 first choices, 28 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
89
any preference, for 28 places
Applications from another council area
4%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St Julie's Catholic 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
221
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
6.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
0.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
3.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,266
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About St Julie's Catholic Primary School

St Julie's Catholic Primary School 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 221 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. 77% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 1.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 26% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 9% 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 Julie's Catholic Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 28 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 3.8%. There are about 21.9 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 6% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. St Julie's Catholic 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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