De La Salle School
Mill Brow, Eccleston, St Helens, WA10 4QH
This school is closed (it closed in November 2024).
It was replaced by De La Salle School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Headteacher
- Mr Andrew Rannard
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Liverpool
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- St Helens South and Whiston
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 1,200
- Pupils on roll
- 1,195
- URN
- 104834
- Local authority
- St. Helens
About this school
De La Salle School was a Roman Catholic voluntary aided secondary school in St Helens. It taught children aged 11 to 16 and had 1,195 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
De La Salle School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 234 | 237 | 233 |
| Attainment 8 score | 44.9 | 45.6 | 39.4 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.28 -0.46 to -0.09 | -0.30 -0.48 to -0.12 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 45% | 47.7% | 34.8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 70% | 66.7% | 53.2% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 37% | 18.1% | 29.6% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.4 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How De La Salle 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 | 44.9 | 36.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 45.6 | 38.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 39.4 | 30.8 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,194 |
| 2023/24 | 1,195 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How De La Salle School compares
Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 36% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 14% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 39.4 | 8.7% | 22.8% | 1,195 | — |
| De La Salle School | — | 9.3% | 24.8% | 1,180 | 0.0 miles |
| Cowley International College | 39.3 | 12.6% | 41.9% | 1,514 | 1.1 miles |
| The Prescot School | 35.5 | 11.9% | 54.2% | 915 | 2.4 miles |
| The Sutton Academy | 43.1 | 10.2% | 40.4% | 1,441 | 2.5 miles |
| St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Academy | 42.6 | 8.9% | 48.7% | 549 | 2.6 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 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 22.8%
- English as an additional language
- 3.8%
- Overall absence
- 8.7%
- Persistent absence
- 25.4%
Location
Nearby schools
-
De La Salle School0.0 miles
Secondary · St. Helens
-
Cowley International College1.1 miles
Secondary · St Helens
-
The Prescot School2.4 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
-
The Sutton Academy2.5 miles
Secondary · St Helens
-
St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Academy2.6 miles
Secondary · St. Helens
Other schools in St Helens
- Cowley International College Secondary
- Rainford High School Secondary
- St Cuthbert's Catholic High School Secondary
- The Sutton Academy Secondary
- 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
Common questions
- What ages does De La Salle School teach?
- De La Salle School taught children aged 11 to 16. It was a secondary school in St Helens.
- Has De La Salle School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected De La Salle 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 De La Salle School?
- De La Salle School had 1,195 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- How have De La Salle School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 44.9 in 2022/23 and 39.4 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are De La Salle School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, De La Salle 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 30 November 2024.