Merton Bank Primary School
Primary schoolMerton Bank Primary School is a primary school in St. Helens, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 193 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Requires improvement (overall), May 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 8 May 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
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, 28% of pupils at Merton Bank Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% in St. Helens and 62% in England.
0% 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 | 28% | 62% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 97 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 98 | 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 Augustine of Canterbury Catholic AcademySecondary. Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 45.1 (2025/26, provisional)780 m
- Parish Church of England Primary School, St HelensPrimary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)880 m
- Holy Cross Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. 44% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)950 m
- Allanson Street Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, May 2024. 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1 km
- St. Mary's Blackbrook Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), March 2023. 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- Ashurst Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 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).