Rainford Brook Lodge Community Primary School
Rufford Road, Rainford, St Helens, WA11 8JX
This school is closed (it closed in October 2023).
It was replaced by Rainford Brook Lodge Community Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Phil Reece
- Constituency
- St Helens North
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 209
- URN
- 104780
- Local authority
- St. Helens
About this school
Rainford Brook Lodge Community Primary School was a community primary school in St Helens. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 209 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Rainford Brook Lodge Community Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 31 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 68% | 63% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 74% | 70% |
| Expected standard in maths | 71% | 80% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 71% | 83% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.70 | - |
| Writing progress | -0.90 | - |
| Maths progress | -0.40 | - |
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 Rainford Brook Lodge 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 | 68% | 60.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 63% | 60.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 60.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
How Rainford Brook Lodge Community Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 93% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4% | 11% | 209 | — |
| Rainford Brook Lodge Community Primary School | 74% | 3.5% | 8.7% | 217 | 0.0 miles |
| Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School | 37% | 5.5% | 17.6% | 127 | 0.3 miles |
| Rainford CofE Primary School | 70% | 3.7% | 12.8% | 230 | 0.4 miles |
| Crawford Village Primary School | 92% | 2.9% | 5.6% | 79 | 1.7 miles |
| Little Digmoor Primary School | 32% | 10.5% | 67.2% | 138 | 2.2 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 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 11%
- English as an additional language
- 0.5%
- Overall absence
- 4%
- Persistent absence
- 7.8%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Rainford Brook Lodge Community Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · St Helens
-
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · St Helens
-
Rainford CofE Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · St Helens
-
Crawford Village Primary School1.7 miles
Primary · Skelmersdale
-
Little Digmoor Primary School2.2 miles
Primary · Skelmersdale
Other schools in St Helens
- Ashurst Primary School Primary
- Bleak Hill Primary School Primary
- Broad Oak Community Primary School Primary
- Carr Mill Primary School Primary
- Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School Primary
- Eaves Primary School Primary
- Eccleston Mere Primary School Primary
- Grange Valley Primary School Primary
- Holy Cross Catholic Primary School Primary
- Holy Spirit Catholic Primary School Primary
- Legh Vale Primary School Primary
- Longton Lane Community Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Rainford Brook Lodge Community Primary School teach?
- Rainford Brook Lodge Community Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in St Helens.
- Has Rainford Brook Lodge Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Rainford Brook Lodge Community Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Rainford Brook Lodge Community Primary School?
- Rainford Brook Lodge Community Primary School had 209 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Rainford Brook Lodge Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 68% in 2022/23 and 63% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Rainford Brook Lodge Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Rainford Brook Lodge 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 31 October 2023.