St Cuthbert's Catholic Academy, St Helens

Overview

St Cuthbert's Catholic Academy is a state-funded school (academy converter) in St Helens, North West, for pupils aged 11–16. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.

School details

Official establishment type: Academy converter
Establishment group: Academies
Phase of education: Secondary
Age range: Ages 11–16
Gender of entry: Mixed
Boarding: No boarders
Sixth form: No
Religious character: Roman Catholic
School capacity: 920
URN: 152596

Admissions

Admissions policy: Non-selective
Local authority: St. Helens
Academy trust or group: ST JOSEPH CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

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Official admissions data

Applications & demand

Preferences expressed by families through coordinated admissions, shown over time.

2026/27 admissions · Year 7

First preferences: 163
Total preferences: 291
Offers made: 175

First preferences compared with offers

0.93 first preferences per offer

163 first preferences and 175 offers were recorded for 2026/27.

What does this mean?

This is the Department for Education's own published comparison of first preferences with total offers recorded. It indicates the level of requests made through coordinated admissions. Offers are not necessarily the school's maximum capacity, admissions arrangements vary between local authorities, the figure is not a measure of school quality, and it should not be used on its own to judge the likelihood of gaining a place.

First preferences over time

Latest five available admissions years. Missing years are not estimated.

Admissions history

Admissions year	First preferences	Total preferences	Offers made
2026/27	163	291	175
2025/26	158	293	161
2024/25	154	318	161
2023/24	193	328	192
2022/23	209	317	181

Source: Department for Education · Applications and offers data.

Official performance data

School performance

Official Department for Education results for this school. Results are shown for the academic year they relate to.

DfE has not published results for this school under its current identity.

Previous school performance

These results relate to a predecessor school that operated before the current establishment. They are not results for the school under its current identity.

St Cuthbert's Catholic High School · Secondary · 2024/25
Measure	School
Attainment 8 score	34.5
Grade 5 or above in English & maths	24.5%
Grade 4 or above in English & maths	43.6%
Entering the EBacc	7.4%

Source: Department for Education · School performance data.

Official inspection data

Ofsted inspections

Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.

Other recent inspection activity

These visits do not carry a graded judgement.

Ungraded inspection
Inspected 6 July 2022 · Published 21 September 2022
Outcome: School remains Good

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Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school

Location

Address: Berrys Lane, Sutton, St Helens, Merseyside, WA9 3HE
Local authority: St. Helens
Area: Schools in St. Helens

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