# Ashurst Primary School

Ashurst Primary School is a primary school in St. Helens, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 216 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E104771. [St. Helens](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 216
- Council: St. Helens
- URN: 104771

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection: Report card, 6 May 2026
- Safeguarding: Met
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Post-16 provision: Not applicable
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 57% of pupils at Ashurst Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% in St. Helens and 62% in England.
3% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | St. Helens | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 57% | 62% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 3% | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102 | 104 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [St. Mary's Blackbrook Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-marys-blackbrook-catholic-primary-school-e104802): 270 m. Primary. Good (overall), March 2023. 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-augustine-of-canterbury-catholic-academy-e149031): 760 m. Secondary. Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 45.1 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Merton Bank Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/merton-bank-primary-school-e104784): 1.2 km. Primary. Requires improvement (overall), May 2024. 28% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-peter-and-st-paul-catholic-primary-school-e104810): 1.2 km. Primary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade. 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Legh Vale Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/legh-vale-primary-school-e104782): 1.6 km. Primary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade. 47% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Carr Mill Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/carr-mill-primary-school-e134661): 1.6 km. Primary. School remains Good, March 2023. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/104771)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/104771)

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