Schools in St. Helens

61 schools with published admissions figures

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The newest figures for each school. "1st prefs per place" is how many families put the school first, for each place it gave out. It measures demand, not whether a child would get a place. A dash means the figure is not available.

How the 2026 round went in St. Helens

Primary

• Offered their first choice 90.3%

  Of families applying for a primary place for September 2026. Against 89.5% in 2016.

• Offered one of their three 97.7%

  Families offered any of the schools they named.

• Families who applied 1,809

  Applications received for a primary place. A family naming three schools counts once.

For September 2026, 90.3% of families applying for a primary place here were offered their first choice, and 97.7% were offered one of the three schools they named.

That is much the same as in 2016, when it was 89.5%.

The council's primary schools between them had 2,180 places for 1,809 applications. That is a total for the whole council and says nothing about any one school in it.

Secondary

• Offered their first choice 93.3%

  Of families applying for a secondary place for September 2026. Against 94.0% in 2016.

• Offered one of their three 98.4%

  Families offered any of the schools they named.

• Families who applied 1,849

  Applications received for a secondary place. A family naming three schools counts once.

For September 2026, 93.3% of families applying for a secondary place here were offered their first choice, and 98.4% were offered one of the three schools they named.

That is much the same as in 2016, when it was 94.0%.

The council's secondary schools between them had 2,109 places for 1,849 applications. That is a total for the whole council and says nothing about any one school in it.

Source: Department for Education, applications and offers. The same round across England.

If a family is refused a place

Source: Department for Education, admission appeals in England, reporting year 2026. Counts every school in this council area. The share that succeeded is taken over appeals heard by a panel, not over appeals lodged.

Schools here running specialist SEN provision

3 of this council's published schools run a SEN unit or a resourced provision: teaching for children with special educational needs, on the same site as the rest of the school.

This says a provision exists and nothing more. Neither how many children it takes nor which kinds of need it is set up for is published for a mainstream school, and it is not a statement about how well any school supports children with SEN. Ask the school or the council. Source: Department for Education, special educational needs in England.

Elsewhere

• Most sought-after schools in St. Helens by first preferences per place
• Schools in L34 (7)
• Schools in L35 (11)
• Schools in WA10 (12)
• Schools in WA11 (14)
• Schools in WA12 (7)
• Schools in WA9 (17)
• Schools in WN4 (11)
• Schools in WN5 (15)
• What data we hold