# Merton Bank Primary School

Merton 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.

Primary school. Code E104784. [St. Helens](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 193
- Council: St. Helens
- URN: 104784

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Requires 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
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, 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

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

- [St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-augustine-of-canterbury-catholic-academy-e149031): 780 m. Secondary. Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 45.1 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Parish Church of England Primary School, St Helens](https://openindex.co.uk/school/parish-church-of-england-primary-school-st-helens-e145458): 880 m. Primary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Holy Cross Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/holy-cross-catholic-primary-school-e104804): 950 m. Primary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. 44% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Allanson Street Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/allanson-street-primary-school-e104758): 1 km. Primary. School remains Good, May 2024. 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St. Mary's Blackbrook Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-marys-blackbrook-catholic-primary-school-e104802): 1.1 km. Primary. Good (overall), March 2023. 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Ashurst Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ashurst-primary-school-e104771): 1.2 km. Primary. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met. 57% 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/104784)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/104784)

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