St Theresa's Catholic Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school St Helens, St. Helens·WA9 4XU
Composite score
53.0
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National rank
#829
In North West
#21
In St. Helens
Top 42%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
69%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 24/02/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong 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
97%
29 first choices, 29 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
46
any preference, for 29 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.05
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for St Theresa's Catholic Primary School yet. St. Helens does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

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

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
209
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
48.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
1.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
23.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
13.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,635
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

St Theresa's Catholic Primary School at a glance

Located in St Helens, St. Helens, St Theresa's Catholic Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 209 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' when it was last inspected in February 2026. 69% 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 risen by 9.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 42% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 97% of the families who made St Theresa's Catholic Primary School their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. Overall pupil absence was 5.5%. There are about 18.5 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 49% 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. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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