Holy Cross Catholic Primary School

State-Funded School

holy-cross-catholic-primary-school-st-helens-north-west

North WestRegion

St HelensLocal Authority

St Helens South and WhistonConstituency

WA10 1LNPostcode

1.5

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Holy Cross Catholic Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in St Helens, North West.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 197 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 20 Jan 2026 · published 15 Mar 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Needs attention

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 52%
Higher standard: 0%
Reading score: 103
Maths score: 100

Ethnicity

White

59%

Asian

17%

Black

17%

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

197

Total Pupils

47%Boys

53%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

34%

England average

27%

First language not English

30%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 197
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
5 Dec 2021	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
2 Mar 2018	Requires improvement	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Requires improvement

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.