Queen's Park CofE/Urc Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school St Helens, St. Helens·WA10 4NQ
Composite score
55.0
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#5,493
National rank
#726
In North West
#18
In St. Helens
Top 37%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
72%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
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
100%
45 first choices, 57 places
First choices per place
0.79
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
96
any preference, for 57 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.12
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8220220.9620230.8820240.9120250.792026

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

Every child who put Queen's Park CofE/Urc 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
394
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England/United Reformed Church

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
41.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
10.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
15.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,905
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Queen's Park CofE/Urc Primary School

Queen's Park CofE/Urc Primary School is a primary school in St Helens, St. Helens, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England/United Reformed Church religious character. Around 394 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 72% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That is down 3.0 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 in the top 37% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Queen's Park CofE/Urc Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 45 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.6%. There are about 21.2 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. Queen's Park CofE/Urc 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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