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St Cuthbert's Catholic High School: data, trends and context

St Cuthbert's Catholic High School is a secondary school in St. Helens. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
104835
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Voluntary aided school
Status
Open
Local authority
St. Helens
Region
North West
Postcode
WA9 3HE
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
897
FSM eligible
47.9%
EAL / First language other than English
6.6%
SEND (total)
27.8%
SEN Support
23.7%
EHCP
4.0%
White British
86.0%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
85.7%
Overall absence
14.3%
Persistent absence
38.3%
Severe absence
9.5%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
St. HelensLocal authority90.7%9.3%4.5%
North WestRegion91.2%8.8%3.8%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
26.9%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
11.0%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.57%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
34.5
English & maths grade 5+
24.5%
English & maths grade 4+
43.6%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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St Cuthbert's Catholic High School is a secondary school in St. Helens. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.