Lyme Community Primary School
Lyme Street, Newton-le-Willows, WA12 9HD
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jo Roberts
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- St Helens North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 245
- Pupils on roll
- 218
- URN
- 104776
- Local authority
- St. Helens
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01744678350
About this school
Lyme Community Primary School is a community primary school in Newton-le-Willows. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 218 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 30 | 29 | 29 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 40% | 38% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| Expected standard in reading | 53% | 52% | 79% |
| Expected standard in maths | 63% | 69% | 72% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 70% | 66% | 76% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100.0 | 101.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 104.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -4.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.50 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Lyme Community Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | St. Helens average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 40% | 60.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 38% | 60.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 62% | 60.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 220 |
| 2023/24 | 211 |
| 2024/25 | 215 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Lyme Community Primary School compares
Lyme Community Primary School ranked 28th of 52 primary schools in St. Helens for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 45% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 35% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 62% | 6.2% | 38.2% | 218 | — |
| The District CofE Primary School | 60% | 5.7% | 51.4% | 365 | 0.6 miles |
| St Mary's Catholic Junior Academy | 72% | 5.3% | 17.9% | 219 | 0.7 miles |
| St James' Church of England Primary School | 65% | 4.4% | 44.1% | 161 | 0.8 miles |
| Grange Valley Primary School | 71% | 4.2% | 18.9% | 277 | 0.8 miles |
| St Mary's Catholic Infant Academy | — | 3.6% | 11.9% | 173 | 0.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 38.22%
- English as an additional language
- 6%
- Overall absence
- 6.22%
- Persistent absence
- 14.29%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The District CofE Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Newton-le-Willows
-
St Mary's Catholic Junior Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Newton-le-Willows
-
St James' Church of England Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · St Helens
-
Grange Valley Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · St Helens
-
St Mary's Catholic Infant Academy0.9 miles
Primary · St Helens
Other schools in Newton-le-Willows
Lyme Community Primary School ranks 3rd of the 6 ranked primary schools in Newton-le-Willows.
- Newton-le-Willows Primary School Primary
- St Mary's Catholic Junior Academy Primary
- St Peter's CofE Primary School Primary
- The District CofE Primary School Primary
- Wargrave CofE Primary School Primary
- Hope Academy Secondary
- Wargrave House School Special schools
- Willow Bank School Special schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Lyme Community Primary School teach?
- Lyme Community Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Newton-le-Willows.
- Who is the headteacher of Lyme Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Lyme Community Primary School is Mrs Jo Roberts, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Lyme Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Lyme Community Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Lyme Community Primary School?
- Lyme Community Primary School has 218 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Lyme Community Primary School full?
- Lyme Community Primary School has capacity for 245 pupils and 218 on roll (89%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Lyme Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Lyme Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Lyme Community Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Lyme Community Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Lyme Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 40% in 2022/23 and 62% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Lyme Community Primary School rank locally?
- Lyme Community Primary School ranked 28th of 52 primary schools in St. Helens for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 45% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 35% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Lyme Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Lyme Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Lyme Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Lyme Community Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
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. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.