St Cuthbert's Catholic Academy, St Helens

On phones, the school says: "Mobile phones must be switched off throughout the day and not used to contact parents/carers without permission from a member of staff."

St Cuthbert's Catholic Academy has no published results of its own yet. Before it became an academy in 2026, as St Cuthbert's Catholic High School (URN 104835), its pupils had an average Attainment 8 score of 33.9 and 21% passing English and maths at grade 5 or above in the 2026 GCSE results.

Across St. Helens, 93% of families were offered their first-choice secondary school for 2026 entry, and 98% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in St. Helens lodged 73 appeals against secondary school offers; 56 reached a hearing and 17 succeeded (30.4% of those heard).

The nearest other state secondary schools to St Cuthbert's Catholic Academy are St Cuthbert's Catholic High School (under 0.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 33.9); St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Academy (1.1 miles, Attainment 8 45.1); The Sutton Academy (1.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45.5); and Outwood Academy Haydock (1.8 miles, Attainment 8 42.9).

St Cuthbert's Catholic Academy is one of 11 schools run by St Joseph Catholic Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Of the 179 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 73% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 54% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

The nearest railway station is St Helens Junction Rail Station, about 1100 metres away (roughly a 14-minute walk).

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Meadow Lane (adjacent), 130 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood St Cuthbert's Catholic Academy stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 257 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in St. Helens (144), as is usual near a town centre.

The primary schools closest to St Cuthbert's Catholic Academy are Sutton Oak CofE Primary School (0.4 miles), Allanson Street Primary School (0.6 miles), Holy Spirit Catholic Primary School (0.6 miles) and Broad Oak Community Primary School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.