St Austin's Catholic Primary School, St Helens
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Overall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
St Austin's creates a happy, caring environment where all pupils thrive. The school excels at bringing learning to life through exciting, real-world projects - from designing theme park rides to improving road safety. Reading is a particular strength, with pupils developing strong phonics, grammar and spelling skills that support their writing across the curriculum.
Key Strengths
- Excellent Early Years Foundation Stage leadership with children making good progress from below-average starting points
- Strong focus on reading with pupils reading fluently and accurately across all year groups
- Good teaching overall with an increasing proportion being outstanding
- Pupils behave well, feel safe and are polite and welcoming
- Excellent opportunities for spiritual, moral, social and cultural development through engaging topics and assemblies
Areas for Improvement
- Most able pupils not always challenged hard enough in writing and mathematics, slowing their progress
- Senior leaders need to make better use of data about different groups of pupils to ensure all achieve their very best
- Writing tasks not always demanding enough to help most able pupils achieve at their highest level
Safeguarding
Pupils' safety is good and the school looks after pupils well while teaching them how to stay safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Breakfast club, peer listener responsibilities, eco council, school council, theme park visits, enterprise projects
St Austin's Catholic Primary School is a good school that successfully carries out its Catholic mission of 'Growing in faith together.' The school provides a happy, caring environment where pupils achieve well in reading, writing and mathematics.
At a Glance
33.0%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 40% to 69%. Maths has improved from 37% to 54%. Writing has improved from 57% to 65%.
Class Sizes
28.5
Avg class size
30.0
Infant (KS1)
27.0
KS2
6
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
82%
Available places
216 pupils
262 capacity
46 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
5.21633%
Overall absence
13.87283%
Persistent absence
173
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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