Nutgrove Methodist Primary School
Govett Road, Nutgrove, St Helens, WA9 5NH
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Methodist
- Trust
- EPWORTH EDUCATION TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Louise Boardman
- Sponsor
- Epworth Education Trust
- Constituency
- St Helens South and Whiston
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 194
- URN
- 146120
- Local authority
- St. Helens
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01744678400
About this school
Nutgrove Methodist Primary School is a Methodist primary academy in St Helens. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 194 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 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 31 | 30 | 28 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 58% | 70% | 64% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 19% | 17% | 4% |
| Expected standard in reading | 71% | 70% | 82% |
| Expected standard in maths | 68% | 80% | 79% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 65% | 67% | 71% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 105.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.10 | - | - |
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 Nutgrove Methodist 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 | 58% | 60.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 70% | 60.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 64% | 60.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 203 |
| 2023/24 | 206 |
| 2024/25 | 201 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Nutgrove Methodist Primary School compares
Nutgrove Methodist Primary School ranked 25th of 52 primary schools in St. Helens for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 50% 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 | 64% | 4.7% | 18.4% | 194 | — |
| St Austin's Catholic Primary School | 46% | 5.2% | 37% | 216 | 0.1 miles |
| Thatto Heath Community Primary School | 68% | 7% | 49.2% | 631 | 0.3 miles |
| St John Vianney Catholic Primary School | 80% | 5.2% | 25.4% | 195 | 0.6 miles |
| Longton Lane Community Primary School | 61% | 5.2% | 21.9% | 284 | 0.9 miles |
| Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School | 77% | 3.4% | 9% | 244 | 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 18.41%
- English as an additional language
- 6%
- Overall absence
- 4.67%
- Persistent absence
- 8.52%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Austin's Catholic Primary School0.1 miles
Primary · St Helens
-
Thatto Heath Community Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · St Helens
-
St John Vianney Catholic Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · St Helens
-
Longton Lane Community Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · St Helens
-
Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Prescot
Other schools in St Helens
Nutgrove Methodist Primary School ranks 16th 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
- 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 year groups does Nutgrove Methodist Primary School teach?
- Nutgrove Methodist Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in St Helens.
- Who is the headteacher of Nutgrove Methodist Primary School?
- The headteacher of Nutgrove Methodist Primary School is Mrs Louise Boardman, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Nutgrove Methodist Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Nutgrove Methodist 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 Nutgrove Methodist Primary School?
- Nutgrove Methodist Primary School has 194 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Nutgrove Methodist Primary School full?
- Nutgrove Methodist Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 194 on roll (92%), 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 Nutgrove Methodist Primary School a faith school?
- Yes. Nutgrove Methodist Primary School is designated Methodist.
- Does Nutgrove Methodist Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Nutgrove Methodist Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Nutgrove Methodist Primary School?
- Nutgrove Methodist Primary School is part of EPWORTH EDUCATION TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Nutgrove Methodist Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 58% in 2022/23 and 64% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Nutgrove Methodist Primary School rank locally?
- Nutgrove Methodist Primary School ranked 25th of 52 primary schools in St. Helens for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 50% 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 Nutgrove Methodist Primary School's absence rate?
- Nutgrove Methodist 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 Nutgrove Methodist Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Nutgrove Methodist 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 10 July 2026.