North West
Secondary schools in St. Helens
76 schools, 26,746 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 30.2.
Ofsted across St. Helens
Good28
Requires improvement6
Outstanding3
No overall grade39
37 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 39 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Secondary schools in St. Helens
Sorted by Attainment 8. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rainford High SchoolAcademy converter | St Helens | No grade | 50.6 |
| Rainhill High SchoolAcademy converter | Prescot | Good 2023 | 45.9 |
| Hope AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Newton-le-Willows | No grade | 43.8 |
| The Sutton AcademyAcademy sponsor led | St Helens | Good 2022 | 43.1 |
| St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic AcademyAcademy sponsor led | St. Helens | No grade | 42.6 |
| Outwood Academy HaydockAcademy sponsor led | St. Helens | No grade | 41.2 |
| Cowley International CollegeCommunity school | St Helens | No grade | 39.3 |
| St Cuthbert's Catholic High SchoolVoluntary aided school | St Helens | Good 2022 | 34.5 |
| De La Salle SchoolAcademy sponsor led | St. Helens | Requires improvement 2023 | — |