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St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Devon Street

URN
104807
Phase
Primary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Devon Street
URN
104807
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
4-11
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Developing

59 / 100

Developing

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

45

Inspection

78

Admissions Value

38

Destinations

—

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Below top 50% of primary schools in England

Below top 50% nationally

#32 of 45 schools in St. Helens

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Proceed With Caution

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: Very high competition
  • Admissions risk: Very high risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Below Average
  • National comparison: Higher crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

Question 1: Is it a good school?

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Your decision briefing for St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Devon Street

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

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  • Demand trends over recent admission cycles
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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Can we realistically get in?

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Admissions strategy for St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Devon Street

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Ofsted inspections

Report card (from November 2025)

From November 2025, Ofsted no longer gives a single overall grade. Schools receive grades across several areas on a report card.

Latest publication date
27 January 2026
Inspection date
2 December 2025
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingMet

Inspection outcomes

  • Safeguarding

    Met

    Graded 2 December 2025

  • Inclusion

    Needs attention

    Graded 2 December 2025

  • Curriculum and teaching

Admissions

Very High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Reception in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

11

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

38

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

11

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

3.45×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
St. Helens
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a primary school place (St. Helens)
Application deadline
15 January 2027 (on-time deadline for primary entry, September 2027)
School website
www.st-teresa.st-helens.sch.uk

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select St. Helens to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 2 (primary)

Key stage 2 (primary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 2 attainment for academic year 2024/25.

Reading expected standard

Reading expected %

70.0%

Writing expected standard

Writing expected %

73.0%

Maths expected standard

Maths expected %

67.0%

Reading, writing and maths expected

RWM expected %

60.0%

Reading progress

Reading progress

Not published

Writing progress

Location

WA10 4HX - St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Devon Street, St Helens, Merseyside

Contact details

Address
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Devon Street, St Helens, Merseyside
Postcode
WA10 4HX
Phone
1744678667
Website
www.st-teresa.st-helens.sch.uk
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Administrative details

Local authority name
St. Helens
Local authority code
342

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 158 schools in St. Helens.

Authority statistics

Total schools

158

Open schools

80

Closed schools

78

Primary schools

107

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Needs attention

    Graded 2 December 2025

  • Achievement

    Needs attention

    Graded 2 December 2025

  • Attendance and behaviour

    Expected standard

    Graded 2 December 2025

  • Personal development and wellbeing

    Expected standard

    Graded 2 December 2025

  • Leadership and governance

    Needs attention

    Graded 2 December 2025

  • Early years

    Expected standard
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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 2 inspections on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    27 January 20262 December 2025S5 InspectionReport cardView report for inspection published 27 January 2026
    26 September 20219 July 2021S5 InspectionSchool remains GoodView report for inspection published 26 September 2021
    • Report card

      Published
      27 January 2026
      Inspected
      2 December 2025
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report
    • School remains Good

      Published
      26 September 2021
      Inspected
      9 July 2021
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    29.0%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 9

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    Writing progress

    Not published

    Maths progress

    Maths progress

    Not published

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    22

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary107 (68.6%)
    • Secondary22 (14.1%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other27 (17.3%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    St Luke's CofE Primary School138 mPrimaryClosed
    Queen's Park CofE/Urc Primary School320 mPrimaryOpen
    Rivington High School320 mSecondaryClosed
    Knowsley Road Primary School597 mPrimaryClosed
    De La Salle School823 mSecondaryClosed
    De La Salle School824 mSecondaryOpen
    St Mary & St Thomas CofE Primary School933 mPrimaryOpen
    St Mary's and St Thomas' CofE Primary School933 mPrimaryClosed
    Rivington Primary School975 mPrimaryOpen
    St Helens College1.1 km16 plusOpen
    • St Luke's CofE Primary School
      Distance
      138 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • Queen's Park CofE/Urc Primary School
      Distance
      320 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Rivington High School
      Distance
      320 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Knowsley Road Primary School
      Distance
      597 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Primary) and local authority (St. Helens)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Allanson Street Primary SchoolPrimaryWA9 1PLOpen
    Ashurst Primary SchoolPrimaryWA11 9QJOpen
    Billinge Chapel End Primary SchoolPrimaryWN5 7TXOpen
    Blackbrook RC Infant SchoolPrimaryWA11 9QYClosed
    Bleak Hill Primary SchoolPrimaryWA10 6HGOpen
    • Allanson Street Primary School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      WA9 1PL
      Status
      Open
    • Ashurst Primary School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      WA11 9QJ
      Status
      Open
    • Billinge Chapel End Primary School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      WN5 7TX
      Status
      Open
    • Blackbrook RC Infant School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      WA11 9QY
      Status
      Closed
    • Bleak Hill Primary School
    De La Salle School
    Distance
    823 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • De La Salle School
    Distance
    824 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Open
  • St Mary & St Thomas CofE Primary School
    Distance
    933 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • St Mary's and St Thomas' CofE Primary School
    Distance
    933 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Rivington Primary School
    Distance
    975 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • St Helens College
    Distance
    1.1 km
    Phase
    16 plus
    Status
    Open
  • Phase
    Primary
    Postcode
    WA10 6HG
    Status
    Open