Academy · St. Helens
St Mary's Catholic Infant Academy
- Primary
- Ages 3–7
- Roman Catholic
- Term dates checked
Term dates
This school's own term dates broadly match St. Helens council's, so the council's dates are shown here. INSET days can differ, so check the school's calendar for those.
2026/27
2027/28
Admissions
Places for Reception and junior school are applied for through your home council, not the school.
Apply for a primary 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: Reception
For September 2026, 44 families put this school as their first choice, and 46 places were offered. 44 of the families who put it first got a place (100%).
| Entry | Places offered | Put it first | Got their first choice |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 46 | 44 | 100% |
| September 2025 | 54 | 48 | 100% |
| September 2024 | 36 | 36 | 100% |
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.
Before and after school
This club is registered with Ofsted at the school's postcode, so usually run on the school site:
- Simply The Best Activity Camp, holiday club. Ofsted report
Ask the club or the school about times, prices and places. More clubs nearby.
Ofsted inspection
Latest graded inspection, 8 June 2022. Overall: Requires improvement It was inspected as St Mary's Catholic Infant 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
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
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
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Pupils
- 173 (capacity 232)
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Liverpool
- Academy trust
- THE LIVERPOOL JOINT CATHOLIC AND CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACADEMIES TRUST
- Phone
- 01744678357
- Address
- Victoria Road, Newton-le-Willows, St Helens, WA12 9RX
- Website
- federationofstmarys.co.uk
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.