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Secondary · L35 · St. Helens

Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy

Cumber Lane, Whiston, Prescot, L35 2XG

POPE FRANCIS CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

Requires improvement

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedRequires improvement
Attendance86.8%
AttainmentProgress 8: -1.01
AdmissionsOften has places
Pupils735

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Requires improvement

Inspection history

Improved from Inadequate (17 Sept 2019).

  1. Previous gradedInadequate

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in L35. Where we have them, council (St. Helens) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
735
Free school meals
36.1%
12.3% above district average (23.8%)

Also: St. Helens 29.1% · England 25.8%

SEN
23.5%
3.1% above district average (20.4%)

Also: St. Helens 22.2% · England 16.5%

EAL
10.2%
0.3% below district average (10.5%)
Attendance
86.8%
8.2% below district average (95%)

Also: St. Helens 91.1% · England 91.9%

Persistent absence
44.5%
Progress 8
-1.01 (2023/24)
Attainment 8
30.2
Grade 5+ English & maths
11.3%
Grade 4+ English & maths
34.6%
Entered for EBacc
29.3%
EBacc average point score
2.46

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the L35 average; the darker bar is this school.

Trends over time

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2021/2286.8%
  • 2022/2386%
  • 2023/2486.6%
  • 2024/2584.4%

Admissions

Demand signal
Often has places
Published capacity (GIAS)
1050
Pupils on roll
735

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the St. Helens page.

SEN support

SEN %
23.5%
On-site provision
None listed in GIAS

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
  • Methodology · Data updates