Holy Cross Catholic Primary School
Ofsted: Expected
Score
D51
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- St Helens, WA10 1LN
- Distance
- 0.8km away
St Mary & St Thomas CofE Primary School
Barton Close, St Helens, WA10 2HS
Local ranking1st of 53 primary schools in St Helens
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 7 September 2026
Primary
Phase
210
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 77.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 10.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 83.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 90.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 83.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 90.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 107.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 107.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 109.0
- Cohort Size
- 30
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 231
- Boys
- 121 (52%)
- Girls
- 110 (48%)
- Capacity
- 210 (110% full)
- SEND
- 40.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 44.1%
- EAL
- 16.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 6.9%
- SEN Support
- 33.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 22.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 9.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,269/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 11.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 70.4%
- White Other: 9.1%
- Black African: 7.4%
- Mixed Other: 3.0%
- Asian Chinese: 3.0%
- Asian Other: 2.2%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.9%
70.4%
White British
9.1%
White Other
7.4%
Black African
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Barton Close
St Helens, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 142161
- UKPRN
- 10053591
- Establishment No.
- 3310
- Trust
- THE THREE SAINTS ACADEMY TRUST
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