# Carr Mill Primary School

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

It had 302 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E134661. [St. Helens](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 302
- Council: St. Helens
- URN: 134661

## Latest Ofsted outcome

School remains Good, March 2023
- Latest ungraded inspection: School remains Good, 2 March 2023
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, 52% of pupils at Carr Mill Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% in St. Helens and 62% in England.
2% 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 | 52% | 62% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 2% | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101 | 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 Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-peter-and-st-paul-catholic-primary-school-e104810): 980 m. Primary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade. 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Mary's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-marys-catholic-primary-school-e104813): 1.4 km. Primary. Good (overall), September 2023. 88% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Billinge Chapel End Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/billinge-chapel-end-primary-school-e150556): 1.5 km. Primary. Good (overall), February 2023, before the school changed. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Ashurst Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ashurst-primary-school-e104771): 1.6 km. Primary. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Progress Arc Billinge School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/progress-arc-billinge-school-e104839): 1.6 km. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [St. Mary's Blackbrook Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-marys-blackbrook-catholic-primary-school-e104802): 1.8 km. Primary. Good (overall), March 2023. 53% 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/134661)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/134661)

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