Haydock English Martyrs' Primary School

Haydock English Martyrs’ Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating in its recent inspection. The school fosters a warm and caring environment, promoting high expectations for all pupils, including those with special educational needs. Pupils exhibit positive attitudes to learning, and their behaviour is exceptional, contributing to a calm and productive school atmosphere. The school prioritizes a well-structured curriculum and early reading, which supports pupils' academic growth and enthusiasm for learning. While the school successfully implements an ambitious curriculum and provides extensive opportunities for personal development, there are some areas needing improvement. Specifically, assessment strategies are not utilized consistently, which can hinder some pupils from fully deepening their understanding. Additionally, although the school has effectively addressed the needs of pupils with SEND, ensuring they achieve well alongside their peers, the inconsistency in assessment hampered learning depth for some students.

Strengths

• High expectations for pupils' achievements
• Exceptional behaviour and attitudes among pupils
• Strong subject knowledge among teachers
• Well-structured and ambitious curriculum
• Effective support for pupils with SEND
• Extensive opportunities for personal development
• Positive and supportive school culture among staff

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent use of assessment strategies impacting learning depth

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Haydock English Martyrs' Primary School attended 94.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.8% of pupils at Haydock English Martyrs' Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Haydock English Martyrs' Primary School had 18.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 28.7% of pupils at Haydock English Martyrs' Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Haydock English Martyrs' Primary School received £7,141 and spent £7,194 for each of its 250 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £157,000 (£629 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Haydock English Martyrs' Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Haydock English Martyrs' Primary School is Good, from an inspection in July 2024.

When was Haydock English Martyrs' Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Haydock English Martyrs' Primary School was last inspected in July 2024.

How many pupils does Haydock English Martyrs' Primary School have?

Haydock English Martyrs' Primary School has 254 pupils on roll.

What age range does Haydock English Martyrs' Primary School cover?

Haydock English Martyrs' Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Haydock English Martyrs' Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 59% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Haydock English Martyrs' Primary School?

Haydock English Martyrs' Primary School is at Piele Road, Haydock, St. Helens, Merseyside, WA11 0JY.