SCHOOL PROFILE

De La Salle School: data, trends and context

De La Salle 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
150833
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy sponsor led
Status
Open
Local authority
St. Helens
Region
North West
Trust
THE LAETARE CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Postcode
WA10 4QH
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,180
FSM eligible
24.9%
EAL / First language other than English
4.0%
SEND (total)
20.7%
SEN Support
14.3%
EHCP
6.4%
White British
90.8%

Attendance and absence

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
17.6%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
7.4%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.08%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
39.4
English & maths grade 5+
34.8%
English & maths grade 4+
53.2%

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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De La Salle 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.