St Bartholomew's Catholic Primary School
Primary schoolSt Bartholomew's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in St. Helens, for pupils aged 5 to 11. It had 279 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Standards maintained, March 2025
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Standards maintained, 12 March 2025
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, 78% of pupils at St Bartholomew's Catholic Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% in St. Helens and 62% in England.
31% 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 | 78% | 62% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 31% | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106 | 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- Rainhill High SchoolSecondary. Good (overall), February 2023. Attainment 8 of 50.3 (2025/26, provisional)530 m
- Tower CollegeIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file580 m
- Oakdene Primary AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), March 2024, before the school changed740 m
- Rainhill Community NurseryNursery. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met1.1 km
- St Ann's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade. 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
- Sutton Manor Community Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), December 2022. 47% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.5 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).