Eccleston Mere Primary School
Saleswood Avenue, Eccleston, St Helens, WA10 5NX
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Ryan Mugan
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- St Helens South and Whiston
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 472
- Pupils on roll
- 397
- URN
- 104783
- Local authority
- St. Helens
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01744734829
About this school
Eccleston Mere Primary School is a community primary school in St Helens. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 397 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 60 | 58 | 62 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 68% | 78% | 66% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 9% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 83% | 91% | 79% |
| Expected standard in maths | 78% | 86% | 82% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 80% | 91% | 82% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 108.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 106.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | 0.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.50 | - | - |
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 Eccleston Mere 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 | 78% | 60.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 66% | 60.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 408 |
| 2023/24 | 400 |
| 2024/25 | 403 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Eccleston Mere Primary School compares
Eccleston Mere Primary School ranked 22nd of 52 primary schools in St. Helens for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 55% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 69% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 66% | 4.7% | 17% | 397 | — |
| St Julie's Catholic Primary School | 77% | 3.4% | 6.3% | 212 | 0.4 miles |
| Bleak Hill Primary School | 65% | 3.5% | 7.9% | 608 | 0.9 miles |
| St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Devon Street | 60% | 6.6% | 41.8% | 151 | 0.9 miles |
| Queen's Park CofE/Urc Primary School | 72% | 5.2% | 41.9% | 375 | 1.0 miles |
| St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School | 77% | 3.5% | 10.9% | 207 | 1.3 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report25 November 2025
- 6 October 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 17.04%
- English as an additional language
- 2.5%
- Overall absence
- 4.65%
- Persistent absence
- 9.21%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Julie's Catholic Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · St Helens
-
Bleak Hill Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · St Helens
-
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Devon Street0.9 miles
Primary · St Helens
-
Queen's Park CofE/Urc Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · St Helens
-
St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · St Helens
Other schools in St Helens
Eccleston Mere Primary School ranks 13th of the 36 ranked primary 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
- 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
- Merton Bank Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Eccleston Mere Primary School teach?
- Eccleston Mere Primary School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in St Helens.
- Who is the headteacher of Eccleston Mere Primary School?
- The headteacher of Eccleston Mere Primary School is Mr Ryan Mugan, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Eccleston Mere Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Eccleston Mere 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 Eccleston Mere Primary School?
- Eccleston Mere Primary School has 397 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Eccleston Mere Primary School full?
- Eccleston Mere Primary School has capacity for 472 pupils and 397 on roll (84%), 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 Eccleston Mere Primary School a faith school?
- No. Eccleston Mere Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Eccleston Mere Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Eccleston Mere Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Eccleston Mere 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 66% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Eccleston Mere Primary School rank locally?
- Eccleston Mere Primary School ranked 22nd of 52 primary schools in St. Helens for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 55% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 69% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Eccleston Mere Primary School's absence rate?
- Eccleston Mere Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Eccleston Mere Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Eccleston Mere 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.