# Nutgrove Methodist Primary School

Nutgrove Methodist Primary School is a primary school in St. Helens, for pupils aged 4 to 11.

It had 194 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E146120. [St. Helens](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 4 to 11
- Pupils: 194
- Council: St. Helens
- URN: 146120

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 11 February 2025
- Overall effectiveness: No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education: Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement
- Personal development: Requires improvement
- Leadership and management: Requires improvement
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, 64% of pupils at Nutgrove Methodist Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% in St. Helens and 62% in England.
4% 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 | 64% | 62% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 4% | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104 | 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 Austin's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-austins-catholic-primary-school-e104806): 100 m. Primary. Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met. 46% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Thatto Heath Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/thatto-heath-community-primary-school-e104763): 540 m. Primary. Good (overall), October 2023. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St John Vianney Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-john-vianney-catholic-primary-school-e104812): 1 km. Primary. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met. 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Carmel College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/carmel-college-e130489): 1.3 km. Sixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Longton Lane Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/longton-lane-community-primary-school-e104777): 1.5 km. Primary. School remains Good, March 2024. 61% 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/146120)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/146120)

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