Parish Church of England Primary School, St Helens

State-Funded School

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North WestRegion

St HelensLocal Authority

St Helens South and WhistonConstituency

WA10 1LWPostcode

9.5

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Parish Church of England Primary School, St Helens 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 229 pupils. Parish Church of England Primary School, St Helens is part of LIVERPOOL DIOCESAN SCHOOLS TRUST.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 24 Mar 2026 · published 17 May 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

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

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 66%
Higher standard: 3%
Reading score: 106
Maths score: 106

Ethnicity

White

83%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Pupils

229

Total Pupils

53%Boys

47%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

28%

England average

27%

First language not English

24%

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: 229
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: LIVERPOOL DIOCESAN SCHOOLS TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Outstanding

Ungraded inspection on 26 January 2022. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
12 Feb 2016	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

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.