Bleak Hill Primary School
Primary schoolBleak Hill Primary School is a primary school in St. Helens, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 608 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Outstanding (overall), April 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 30 April 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 65% of pupils at Bleak Hill Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% in St. Helens and 62% in England.
11% 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 | 65% | 62% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 11% | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105 | 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
In a straight line- St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, July 2024. 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)660 m
- De La Salle SchoolSecondary. Requires improvement (overall), June 2023, before the school changed. Attainment 8 of 43.2 (2025/26, provisional)820 m
- St Julie's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, September 2024: no overall grade. 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- Queen's Park CofE/Urc Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, January 2023. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- Rivington Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), March 2024. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Devon StreetPrimary. Report card, December 2025: safeguarding met. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in St. Helens
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).