Cowley International College
Ofsted: Needs attention
Score
D40
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- St Helens, WA10 6PN
- Distance
- 1.7km away
De La Salle School
Mill Brow, Eccleston, St Helens, WA10 4QH
Local ranking8th of 8 secondary schools in St Helens
Ofsted: Requires improvementUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1200
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 6 June 2023. Figures last updated .
School history and status
Continues from De La Salle School (URN 104834) since 31 May 2024. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 43.2 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 39.3% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 59.4% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 234
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Continued in education
- 85.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1185
- Boys
- 574 (49%)
- Girls
- 606 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1200 (98% full)
- SEND
- 22.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 24.8%
- EAL
- 3.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.5%
- SEN Support
- 16.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 69.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £5,746/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 26.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 91.8%
- White Other: 1.9%
- Mixed Other: 1.2%
- Other: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.0%
- Asian Other: 0.9%
- Black African: 0.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.3%
91.8%
White British
1.9%
White Other
1.2%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Mill Brow
St Helens, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 150833
- UKPRN
- 10094948
- Establishment No.
- 4002
- Trust
- THE LAETARE CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
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