St John Vianney Catholic Primary School

State-Funded School

st-john-vianney-catholic-primary-school-st-helens-north-west

North WestRegion

St HelensLocal Authority

St Helens South and WhistonConstituency

WA9 5BTPostcode

3.9

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

St John Vianney 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 195 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 6 May 2026 · published 18 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
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

Below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 64%
Higher standard: 0%
Reading score: 106
Maths score: 106

Ethnicity

White

86%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Pupils

195

Total Pupils

44%Boys

56%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

23%

England average

27%

First language not English

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: Deprived
Total pupils: 195
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
18 May 2022	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
2 May 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.