Holy Cross Catholic Primary School is a primary school located in St Helens. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 29/11/2017. According to tests results, the school's progress in writing is well above average, progress in reading and progress in maths are average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4%, the same as UK average.

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Charles Street, St Helens

School Information

Address: Charles Street, St Helens, WA10 1LN
Website: www.holycrossprimarysthelens.co.uk/
Telephone: 01744678319
School Type: Voluntary aided school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: St. Helens
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Carol Gillespie
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 104804

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 29/11/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 3 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 205
Number of Pupils: 167
Number of Boys: 85
Number of Girls: 82

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4% 4%
Persistent absence: 8.8% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Well Above Average: -0.2 Confidence interval -2.6 to 2.3
Writing
Well Above Average: 3.9 Confidence interval 1.6 to 6.1
Maths
Average: 0.4 Confidence interval -1.7 to 2.6

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:65%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:23%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:103
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:104
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Parish Church of England Primary School, St Helens
Charles Street , WA10 1LW
4out of 4 162 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
St Mary & St Thomas' CofE Primary School
Barton Close , WA10 2HS
4out of 4 827 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Merton Bank Primary School
Roper Street , WA9 1EJ
3out of 4 1,033 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Allanson Street Primary School
Gaskell Street , Parr WA9 1PL
3out of 4 1,588 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Rivington Primary School
Tennis Street North , Dentons Green WA10 6LF
4out of 4 1,629 yd Community school Yes 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 1,800 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic High School
Boardmans Lane , Blackbrook WA11 9BB
1out of 4 1,875 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
St Cuthbert's Catholic High School
Berrys Lane , Sutton WA9 3HE
3out of 4 2,694 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
De La Salle School
Mill Brow , Eccleston WA10 4QH
2out of 4 2,722 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 770 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Carmel College
Prescot Road , WA10 3AG
- not rated 3,250 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 4 379 yd Pupil referral unit Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Mill Green School
Lansbury Avenue , Parr WA9 1BU
4out of 4 2,185 yd Community special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Lansbury Bridge School
Lansbury Avenue , Parr WA9 1TB
3out of 4 2,291 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School
Pace
Derbyshire Hill Road , WA9 2LH
3out of 4 2,741 yd Pupil referral unit Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.