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Eccleston Mere Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Community school
Saleswood Avenue, Eccleston, St Helens WA10 5NX · ecclestonmere.st-helens.sch.uk · 01744 734829
On the mapSearch near WA10 5NX
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Nov 2025 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 66%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. St. Helens 62%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 397
- 84% of 472 places
- Local authority
- St. Helens
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 11.8%
- First language not English
- 3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 47 families put the school first and 57 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 57 | 47 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 48 | 44 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 43 | 39 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 47 | 46 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 40 | 39 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 66% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 2% the higher standard. Across St. Helens it was 62%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲66% | 62% | ||
| ▼2% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Eccleston Mere Primary School on 25 November 2025 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 25 Nov 2025
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2021Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective - Mar 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
Before September 2019
Nov 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Mar 2009Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
84% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (129 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 84%
- Positive
- 78%
- Replies
- 129
- 32% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 84% who raised concerns
based on 19 parents (15%) whose child was bullied
based on 35 parents (27%) with SEND