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Primary school

St Mary's Catholic Infant Academy

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 3–7
  • Mixed
  • Roman Catholic
  • St Helens
  • WA12 9RX
Ofsted Requires improvement · inspected Jun 2022

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Results · 2024/25

England rank: Not ranked for 2024/25: no published figure for this school

Against North West

Expected standard, RWMNot enough data · North West 63No results published for 2024/25
Higher standard, RWMNot enough data · North West 6No results published for 2024/25
Reading scoreNot enough data · North West 105No results published for 2024/25
Maths scoreNot enough data · North West 105No results published for 2024/25

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
44 of 44 who put it first2014 · 85.3%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st4444
2nd191
3rd200

Last distance offered: London only

0.8 km from Earlestown North · approx.: from the area's centre, not your door

Inspections · 2006–2022

  1. 2006Goodas predecessor
  2. 2008Goodas predecessor
  3. 2014Goodas predecessor
  4. 2018Requires improvementas predecessor
  5. 2022Requires improvementas predecessor

2 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Behaviour and attitudes

3 weak areas

  • Quality of education
  • Early years provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective · inspected as predecessor

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026173
Free school meals (past 6 years)11.9%
First language not English5.1%
SEN support7.9%
EHC plan2.8%
Absence (sessions missed)3.6%
Persistently absent pupils5.4%

Girls 48.6%Boys 51.4%

74.6% full · 232 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher21.8
Pupils per adult8.6
  • Classroom teachers 5.1
  • Leadership 2.5
  • Teaching assistants 11.7
  • Other support 3.8

Teachers 7.6 FTE · Whole workforce 23.1 · 35 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£7,072
Spend per pupil£6,852
Staff spend per pupil£5,362
Reserve per pupil£0
  • £0revenue reserve
  • +£38,000in-year balance

Grants £6,771 · self-generated £301 · premises £186 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