Primary school

St Mary's Catholic Junior Academy

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 7–11
  • Mixed
  • Roman Catholic
  • St Helens
  • WA12 9QQ
Ofsted Requires improvement · inspected Nov 2022

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 4,303 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 29%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 90%90%2016/17: top 69%2017/18: top 73%2018/19: top 71%2022/23: top 70%2023/24: top 56%2024/25: top 29%No exams

Against North WestArrows: North West rank change since 2018/19

Expected standard, RWM72% · North West 63%8/10 Above+42.7 pts
Higher standard, RWM14% · North West 6%9/10 Top 20%+56 pts
Reading score106 · North West 1056/10 Middle+25.6 pts
Maths score105 · North West 1055/10 Middle+39.6 pts
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 32% · 57 pupils · North West 55%2016/17: 55% · 60 pupils · North West 64%2017/18: 57% · 58 pupils · North West 68%2018/19: 59% · 54 pupils · North West 67%2022/23: 53% · 57 pupils · North West 61%2023/24: 60% · 60 pupils · North West 63%2024/25: 72% · 57 pupils · North West 63%72%32%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 2% · 57 pupils · North West 3%2016/17: 8% · 60 pupils · North West 7%2017/18: 5% · 58 pupils · North West 8%2018/19: 6% · 54 pupils · North West 9%2022/23: 5% · 57 pupils · North West 6%2023/24: 8% · 60 pupils · North West 5%2024/25: 14% · 57 pupils · North West 6%14%2%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 101 · 57 pupils · North West 1022016/17: 103 · 60 pupils · North West 1042017/18: 104 · 58 pupils · North West 1052018/19: 103 · 54 pupils · North West 1042022/23: 104 · 57 pupils · North West 1052023/24: 105 · 60 pupils · North West 1052024/25: 106 · 57 pupils · North West 105106101No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 98 · 57 pupils · North West 1032016/17: 101 · 60 pupils · North West 1042017/18: 102 · 58 pupils · North West 1052018/19: 102 · 54 pupils · North West 1052022/23: 101 · 57 pupils · North West 1042023/24: 105 · 60 pupils · North West 1042024/25: 105 · 57 pupils · North West 10510598No exams

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No admissions figures or last distance offered published

Inspections · 2006–2022

  1. 2006Goodas predecessor
  2. 2010Goodas predecessor
  3. 2014Goodas predecessor
  4. 2018Requires improvementas predecessor
  5. 2022Requires improvementas predecessor

2 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Behaviour and attitudes

2 weak areas

  • Quality of education
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

4 areas graded · safeguarding effective · inspected as predecessor

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026219
Free school meals (past 6 years)17.9%
First language not English2.6%
SEN support21.4%
EHC plan4.4%
Absence (sessions missed)5.3%
Persistently absent pupils10.8%

Girls 48.9%Boys 51.1%

91.2% full · 240 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher18.0
Pupils per adult9.9
  • Classroom teachers 10.2
  • Leadership 2
  • Teaching assistants 9.8
  • Other support 3

Teachers 12.2 FTE · Whole workforce 25.1 · 32 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£6,428
Spend per pupil£5,812
Staff spend per pupil£4,655
Reserve per pupil£0
  • £0revenue reserve
  • +£141,000in-year balance

Grants £6,214 · self-generated £214 · premises £122 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: THE LIVERPOOL JOINT CATHOLIC AND CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACADEMIES TRUST (11 academies) · trust reserve £6,306,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it