Rainhill High School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Prescot · L35 6NY · St. Helens
Ages 11–18
- Att847.3
- P8-0.1
- Absence7.1%
1.3 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: Requires improvementURN 148534
Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy
Academy sponsor led · Prescot · L35 2XG
Ages 11–16 · 730 pupils · Knowsley
Ofsted
Requires improvement
Attainment 8
31.5
Overall absence
14.5%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Requires improvement
Inspection date
2024-04-17
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8-1.01
−20+2
Attainment 831.5
English & maths grade 5+17%
English & maths grade 4+34%
EBacc entry31%
EBacc APS: 2.6
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence14.5%
Persistent absence (10%+)39.7%
Unauthorised11.8%
- Authorised absence
- 2.7%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 8.3%
- Enrolments in measure
- 758
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill70%
730 pupils · 1,050 places
- Pupils on roll
- 730
- Boys / girls
- 373 / 357
- School capacity
- 1,050
- Capacity fill
- 730 / 1,050 (70%)
- Free school meals
- 48.9%
- FSM pupils
- 357
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Religious ethos
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Liverpool
- Governance
- Academy trust: POPE FRANCIS CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- POPE FRANCIS CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Sponsor
- Pope Francis Multi Academy Trust
- Headteacher
- Mrs Clare McKenna
Location
- Address
- Cumber Lane, Whiston
- Postcode
- L35 2XG
- Town
- Prescot
- County
- Merseyside
- Local authority
- Knowsley
- District
- Knowsley
- Constituency
- St Helens South and Whiston
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy sponsor led (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Prescot, Knowsley, 730 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 48.9%. Religious character: Roman Catholic. Diocese: Archdiocese of Liverpool.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
The Prescot School
Ofsted: Requires improvementAcademy converter · Secondary
Liverpool · L34 3NB · Knowsley
Ages 11–16
- Att832.7
- P8-1.1
- Absence14.4%
1.5 miles away
Lord Derby Academy
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Liverpool · L36 6DG · Knowsley
Ages 11–16
- Att838.7
- P8-0.6
- Absence10.1%
2.1 miles away
The Sutton Academy
Ofsted: Expected standardAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
St Helens · WA9 5AU · St. Helens
Ages 11–18
- Att843.1
- P8-0.1
- Absence10.3%
2.3 miles away
De La Salle School
Ofsted: Requires improvementAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
St. Helens · WA10 4QH · St. Helens
Ages 11–16
2.7 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Clare McKenna
- Telephone
- 01514778770