De La Salle School

Term dates

Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow St. Helens council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See St. Helens's full dates

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

Apply for a secondary school place on GOV.UK

How places are given: as a Roman Catholic school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 234 families put this school as their first choice, and 228 places were offered. 211 of the families who put it first got a place (90%). More families put it first than there were places.

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Latest graded inspection, 6 June 2023. Overall: Requires improvement It was inspected as De La Salle School, before the school changed (for example, became an academy).

Quality of education

Requires improvement

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Academy

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–16

Pupils

1180 (capacity 1200)

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

Roman Catholic

Diocese

Archdiocese of Liverpool

Academy trust

THE LAETARE CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

Phone

0174420511

Address

Mill Brow, Eccleston, St. Helens, WA10 4QH

Website

delasalle.st-helens.sch.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports