Cowley International College is a secondary school located in St Helens. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education and management effectiveness are good, outcomes for pupils is requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 13/10/2016. The overall pupil absence from this school is 6.4%, which is 2.4 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Hard Lane, St Helens

School Information

Address: Hard Lane, St Helens, WA10 6PN
Website: http://www.cowley.st-helens.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01744678030
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: St. Helens
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Cameron Sheeran
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 104829

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 13/10/2016

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1620
Number of Pupils: 1534
Number of Boys: 776
Number of Girls: 758

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 6.4% 4%
Persistent absence: 18% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: 0.01 Confidence interval -0.16 to 0.18
Of the 220 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 218 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:41%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:93%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:38%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:47.7
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.71
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Rivington Primary School
Tennis Street North , Dentons Green WA10 6LF
4out of 4 433 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School
Rainford Road , Windle WA10 6BX
4out of 4 792 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Queen's Park CofE/Urc Primary School
Rivington Road , WA10 4NQ
3out of 4 1,145 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School
St Mary & St Thomas' CofE Primary School
Barton Close , WA10 2HS
4out of 4 1,381 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Bleak Hill Primary School
Hamilton Road , Windle WA10 6HG
4out of 4 1,466 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Cowley International College
Hard Lane , WA10 6PN
3out of 4 0 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
De La Salle School
Mill Brow , Eccleston WA10 4QH
2out of 4 1,869 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic High School
Boardmans Lane , Blackbrook WA11 9BB
1out of 4 3,251 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Helens College
Water Street , WA10 1PP
- not rated 1,712 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Carmel College
Prescot Road , WA10 3AG
- not rated 3,163 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Launchpad Centre
College Street , WA10 1UH
3out of 4 1,446 yd Pupil referral unit Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.