1Holy Cross Catholic Primary School
St. Helens · ages 3 to 11 · URN104804
197 pupils / 214 at St Agnes RC Primary School2025/26 · Academic year
Add to comparison- Safeguarding standards: Met
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention
- Achievement: Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Needs attention
- Free school meals: 0.8 percentage points higher
- First language other than English: 0.8 percentage points lower
- SEND: 6.64 percentage points lower
- 17 fewer pupils
Sources, Ofsted & match details
- Report card inspection · inspected 20 January 2026 · published 15 March 2026 · monthly file dated 30 September 2026
Safeguarding standards: Met; Inclusion: Expected standard; Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Needs attention
- Graded inspection (previous framework) · inspected 12 October 2021 · published 5 December 2021 · monthly file dated 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good; Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good; Safeguarding is effective: Yes; Early years: Good
Matching score and calculation
Score 0.00682. A lower score means more similar pupil context. It is not a school rating or a percentage.
- FSM eligible (current eligibility): difference 0.8 percentage points; weight 45%; contribution 0.00360.
- First language other than English: difference 0.8 percentage points; weight 25%; contribution 0.00200.
- SEN support and EHC plans (derived percentage): difference 6.64 percentage points; weight 20%; contribution 0.01327.
- Total pupils: difference 17 pupils; weight 10%; contribution 0.00794.
- region: no matching bonus; contribution 0.00000.
- faith: same published context; contribution -0.01000.
- governance: same published context; contribution -0.01000.