How many schools does St. Helens have?

OfferDay lists 80 schools in St. Helens, including 54 primary schools and 13 special and alternative provision schools.

Who inspects schools in St. Helens?

Every school in St. Helens is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.

How are schools in St. Helens ranked?

OfferDay ranks an area's schools only where enough of them have published results to compare fairly, and St. Helens does not have enough to rank. Compare its schools on their Ofsted reports and, where results are published, the figures shown against each school on this page.

How many towns are in the St. Helens local authority?

OfferDay groups the St. Helens schools across nine towns, listed in the schools-by-town section on this page. Any school with no town recorded in the national register is listed separately, grouped by phase, so every school in the local authority is reachable.

Schools in the St. Helens local authority

St. Helens has 80 schools listed on OfferDay across 9 towns.

1 nursery school · 54 primary schools · 9 secondary schools · 2 sixth forms and colleges · 13 special and alternative provision schools · 1 independent school

About schools in St. Helens

St. Helens lists 80 schools, most of them primary schools. Its nine secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. Older students can carry on at two sixth forms and colleges.

Ofsted inspects every school listed here. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

Key stage 2, 2024/25: 62%; of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 54 schools with published results
Key stage 4, 2024/25: 42.3; average Attainment 8 score, across the 13 schools with published results

Top schools in St. Helens

Ranked by the latest published results; primary and secondary schools are measured differently and never compared with each other.

Primary

1 St Mary's Catholic Primary School 88%
2 St Peter's CofE Primary School 83%
3 St Aidan's CofE Primary School Billinge 82%
4 St John Vianney Catholic Primary School 80%
5 Eaves Primary School 79%
6 St Bartholomew's Catholic Primary School 78%
7 St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School 77%
8 Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School 77%

Secondary

1 Rainford High School 50.6
2 Rainhill High School 45.9
3 Hope Academy 43.8
4 The Sutton Academy 43.1
5 St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Academy 42.6
6 Outwood Academy Haydock 41.2
7 Cowley International College 39.3
8 St Cuthbert's Catholic High School 34.5

Schools by town

The count beside each town is the number of its schools under St. Helens.

Schools not listed under a town

These schools have no town recorded in the national register.

Ash Meadow School
Other independent special school · Ages 5 to 19

Common questions about schools in St. Helens

How many schools does St. Helens have?: OfferDay lists 80 schools in St. Helens, including 54 primary schools and 13 special and alternative provision schools.
Who inspects schools in St. Helens?: Every school in St. Helens is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.
How are schools in St. Helens ranked?: OfferDay ranks an area's schools only where enough of them have published results to compare fairly, and St. Helens does not have enough to rank. Compare its schools on their Ofsted reports and, where results are published, the figures shown against each school on this page.
How many towns are in the St. Helens local authority?: OfferDay groups the St. Helens schools across nine towns, listed in the schools-by-town section on this page. Any school with no town recorded in the national register is listed separately, grouped by phase, so every school in the local authority is reachable.

School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. Information on this page was last updated on 24 July 2026.