St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Devon StreetSt Mary & St Thomas CofE Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in St Helens.

Summary of the comparison

St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Devon Street and St Mary & St Thomas CofE Primary School are primary schools in St Helens.

  • St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Devon Street scores 60 out of 100 (grade C, average) and St Mary & St Thomas CofE Primary School scores 83 out of 100 (grade B, strong). St Mary & St Thomas CofE Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Devon Street was judged in need of attention and St Mary & St Thomas CofE Primary School was judged Outstanding.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 60.0% for St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Devon Street and 77.0% for St Mary & St Thomas CofE Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Devon Street (73.0% in 2022-23, 60.0% in 2024-25) and has fallen at St Mary & St Thomas CofE Primary School (83.0% in 2022-23, 77.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Devon Street versus St Mary & St Thomas CofE Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure St HelensSt Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Devon StreetSt HelensSt Mary & St Thomas CofE Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC60/100B83/100Stronger figure
Local ranking24th of 53 in St Helens 1st of 53 in St Helens Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: Needs attentionOfsted: OutstandingStronger figure
School typeVoluntary aided school Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll165 231
Capacity210 210
LocationSt Helens, WA10 4HX St Helens, WA10 2HS
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard60.0% 77.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard7.0% 10.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score105.0 107.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score101.0 107.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census165 231
Free school meals (ever 6)41.8% 44.1%
English as an additional language19.4% 16.9%
SEN support10.3% 33.8%
SEN with an EHC plan3.0% 6.9%
Attendance
Overall absence6.6% 4.9% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence15.6% 11.4% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Devon Street

St Mary & St Thomas CofE Primary School

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