Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School
Albany Avenue, Prescot, L34 2QN
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sarah James
- Constituency
- St Helens South and Whiston
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 245
- Pupils on roll
- 244
- URN
- 104788
- Local authority
- St. Helens
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01744678270
About this school
Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School is a voluntary controlled primary school in Prescot. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 244 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out 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
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- 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 | 35 | 36 | 35 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 80% | 78% | 77% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 14% | 25% | 17% |
| Expected standard in reading | 89% | 86% | 83% |
| Expected standard in maths | 86% | 89% | 86% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 91% | 89% | 89% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | 107.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 108.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.70 | - | - |
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 Lane Ends 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 | 80% | 60.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 78% | 60.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 77% | 60.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 248 |
| 2023/24 | 246 |
| 2024/25 | 244 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School compares
Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School ranked 8th of 52 primary schools in St. Helens for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 82% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 94% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 77% | 3.4% | 9% | 244 | — |
| Evelyn Community Primary School | 79% | 4.6% | 23.9% | 250 | 0.2 miles |
| Prescot Primary School | — | — | — | 448 | 0.3 miles |
| Our Lady's Catholic Primary School | 54% | 6.3% | 15.6% | 233 | 0.4 miles |
| St Luke's Catholic Primary School | 68% | 5.1% | 35.8% | 213 | 0.8 miles |
| St Mary and St Paul's CofE Primary School | 47% | 9% | 56.2% | 230 | 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)
- 9.02%
- English as an additional language
- 2%
- Overall absence
- 3.41%
- Persistent absence
- 5.19%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Evelyn Community Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Prescot
-
Prescot Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Prescot
-
Our Lady's Catholic Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Prescot
-
St Luke's Catholic Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Prescot
-
St Mary and St Paul's CofE Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Prescot
Other schools in Prescot
Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School ranks 3rd of the 12 ranked primary schools in Prescot.
- Evelyn Community Primary School Primary
- Halsnead Primary School Primary
- Knowsley Village School Primary
- Oakdene Primary Academy Primary
- Our Lady's Catholic Primary School Primary
- Prescot Primary School Primary
- St Ann's Church of England Primary School Primary
- St Bartholomew's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St John Fisher Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Leo's and Southmead Catholic Primary School Serving the Community Primary
- St Luke's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Mary and St Paul's CofE Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School teach?
- Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Prescot.
- Who is the headteacher of Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School?
- The headteacher of Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School is Mrs Sarah James, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Eccleston Lane Ends 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 many pupils are at Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School?
- Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School has 244 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School full?
- Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School has capacity for 245 pupils and 244 on roll (100%), so it is at or above 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 Lane Ends Primary School a faith school?
- No. Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 80% in 2022/23 and 77% 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 Lane Ends Primary School compare with other schools in St. Helens?
- Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School ranked 8th of 52 primary schools in St. Helens for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 82% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 94% 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 Lane Ends Primary School's absence rate?
- Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Eccleston Lane Ends 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.