Parish Church of England Primary School, St Helens

Parish Church of England Primary School is performing well, demonstrating strong standards across various domains. The school has established a culture of safety and inclusion, with all safeguarding standards met, ensuring pupils feel safe and valued. Attendance has significantly improved, aided by robust leadership and proactive measures, while positive behavior and supportive relationships enhance the school environment. The curriculum is ambitious, enabling pupils to build knowledge effectively and preparing them for future challenges, particularly in reading, writing, and mathematics. Despite these strengths, the school faces challenges in ensuring consistent high achievement across all pupils. While most students perform at or near national averages, there remains a need for further improvement, especially for disadvantaged pupils whose results have fluctuated in recent years. Leaders are aware of these concerns and are actively working to deepen knowledge acquisition across the curriculum to better prepare all pupils for key stage 3.

Strengths

• Strong improvement in pupil attendance
• Effective and ambitious curriculum that motivates learners
• Positive behavior and respectful relationships among pupils
• Nurturing early years environment that fosters independence
• Excellent inclusion practices tailored to individual needs
• Purposeful leadership focused on care, ambition, and inclusion

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent high achievement across all year groups
• Fluctuating results for disadvantaged pupils

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 Parish Church of England Primary School, St Helens attended 95.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.6% 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, 1.3% of pupils at Parish Church of England Primary School, St Helens were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Parish Church of England Primary School, St Helens had 18.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 15.4% 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, 11.8% of pupils at Parish Church of England Primary School, St Helens were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.1% 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 2024–25 Parish Church of England Primary School, St Helens received £7,465 and spent £7,561 for each of its 228 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £23,000 (£99 per pupil).

Across all 18 schools of Liverpool Diocesan Schools Trust, income was £7,382 and spending £7,357 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Parish Church of England Primary School, St Helens is part of Liverpool Diocesan Schools Trust, which runs 19 schools. The nearest others:

• St James' Church of England Primary School St Helens
• Rainford CofE Primary School St Helens
• Cronton Church of England Primary Academy Widnes
• St Philip (Westbrook) CofE Primary School Warrington
• Huyton With Roby Church of England Primary School Liverpool
• Highfield St Matthew's Church of England Primary School Wigan
• St Paul's Church of England Primary School Wigan
• Bishop Martin Church of England Primary School Skelmersdale
• St James' Church of England Primary School Wigan
• Halewood Church of England Primary Academy Liverpool

What is Parish Church of England Primary School, St Helens's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Parish Church of England Primary School, St Helens is Expected standard, from an inspection in May 2026.

When was Parish Church of England Primary School, St Helens last inspected by Ofsted?

Parish Church of England Primary School, St Helens was last inspected in May 2026.

How many pupils does Parish Church of England Primary School, St Helens have?

Parish Church of England Primary School, St Helens has 229 pupils on roll.

What age range does Parish Church of England Primary School, St Helens cover?

Parish Church of England Primary School, St Helens for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Parish Church of England Primary School, St Helens's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Parish Church of England Primary School, St Helens?

Parish Church of England Primary School, St Helens is at Charles Street, St Helens, Merseyside, WA10 1LW.