St Mary's Catholic Infant Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Mixed · St. Helens
Victoria Road, St Helens, WA12 9RX
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Requires improvement
Graded 08/06/2022
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
96.4%
5.4% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
173
Capacity used
Has space75%
232 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Primary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
48 of 48 families who put it first got an offer
54
Places offered
90
Total applications
1.7
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 48 | 48 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 25 | 4 | ● 16% |
| 3rd preference | 17 | 1 | ● 6% |
| Total | 90 | 53 | 59% |
1st preference success by year
St. Helens lets families list 3 preferences. 1 applications came from outside the council area (1 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Samantha Birchall
- Address
- Victoria Road, Newton-le-Willows, St Helens, WA12 9RX
- Phone
- 01744678357
- Local authority
- St. Helens
- Ward / constituency
- Newton-le-Willows West · St Helens North
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 150505
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 13% | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | — | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: THE LIVERPOOL JOINT CATHOLIC AND CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACADEMIES TRUST
173 pupils · 232 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
08 June 2022
Full graded inspection
Requires improvement overall effectivenessEarly years Requires improvement Personal development Good Quality of education Requires improvement Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Requires improvement
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 111 pupils
Attendance
96.4%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
3.6%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
5.4%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
0.0%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.0%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through St. Helens council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Reception (primary) | 15 January | 16 April (or next working day) |
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.