St Mary's Catholic Infant Academy
Primary school in St Helens. Requires improvement (Jun 2022).
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 8 June 2022, report published 21 September 2022, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
This grade was given to St Mary's Catholic Infant School (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. St Mary's Catholic Infant Academy hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.
Requires improvement overall. Not yet good. Schools with this grade were normally inspected again within 30 months. 11% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Requires improvement.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Next inspection: around December 2024
The last inspection was in June 2022. Schools graded requires improvement were normally inspected again within 30 months. It’s now later than the usual gap, so an inspection could happen at any time.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2027 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby primary schools
- 0.2 milesSt Mary's Catholic Junior Academy
Requires improvement (Nov 2022)
- 0.3 milesNewton-le-Willows Primary School
Report card, Jan 2026: 1 expected, 6 needs attention
- 0.4 milesThe District CofE Primary School
Good (Oct 2021)
- 0.6 milesSt Peter's CofE Primary School
No overall grade. Quality of education outstanding (Jan 2025)
- 0.7 milesWargrave CofE Primary School
No overall grade. Quality of education good (Nov 2024)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.