Bleak Hill Primary School, St Helens
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Overall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Bleak Hill excels at teaching reading and writing with pupils achieving well above national standards. The school provides an outstanding early years experience that sets children up for success, and creates a calm, supportive environment where children are polite, well-mannered and support each other. Teachers work seamlessly together with high expectations for all, ensuring disadvantaged pupils make the same outstanding progress as their peers.
Key Strengths
- Outstanding progress in reading and writing, with pupils achieving well above national averages in both subjects
- Exceptional early years provision enabling children to make outstanding progress and exceed development targets
- Exemplary behaviour and positive attitudes to learning creating a focused, calm environment
- Highly effective teaching with strong teamwork and high expectations for all pupils
- Well-planned, ambitious curriculum providing rich experiences including art week, physical education with specialist support, and cultural diversity
Areas for Improvement
- Middle-attaining pupils in key stage 2 mathematics need more opportunities to reach higher standards
- Pupils need greater opportunities to explain their mathematical thinking and investigate numbers across all classes
- Need to embed deeper understanding within mathematics lessons so pupils apply their basic skills
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is effective, with robust checking of adult suitability, monitoring of visitors, active knowledge of families and community, and careful tracking of concerns to satisfactory conclusion.
Extracurricular Activities
Art week, physical education and sports
Bleak Hill Primary School is an outstanding larger-than-average primary school that has successfully recovered from a dip in writing standards in 2016 and now demonstrates consistently strong achievement across most areas.
At a Glance
7.7%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 83% to 89%. Maths has declined from 83% to 76%. Writing has declined from 83% to 76%.
Class Sizes
29.1
Avg class size
29.2
Infant (KS1)
28.9
KS2
20
Total classes
3 classes with more than 30 pupils
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
97%
Near capacity
608 pupils
630 capacity
22 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - St Helens
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Admissions Demand - St. Helens
Places available
2,195
Applications
1,726
Got 1st preference
93.9%
Got preferred school
99.2%
Primary admissions across St. Helens (2025/26)
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Pupil Absence2024/25
3.52718%
Overall absence
6.57371%
Persistent absence
502
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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