St Cuthbert's Catholic Academy

In 2025-26 (DfE’s provisional figures), its average Attainment 8 score was 33.9: DfE’s measure of pupils’ results across eight GCSE-level subjects. Trends and the detail behind each figure are on the Results tab.

St Cuthbert's Catholic Academy admits pupils aged 11 to 16.

St Cuthbert's Catholic Academy is located in St Helens, WA9 3HE, St. Helens.

St Cuthbert's Catholic Academy is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for secondary places is 31 October.

Yes — St Cuthbert's Catholic Academy has a religious character of Roman Catholic. Faith criteria may apply to admissions; check the school's oversubscription policy for details.

The furthest place offered at St Cuthbert's Catholic Academy for 2026-27 (Year 7) was 2.25 miles from the school. The council's figures don't show whether anyone was refused, so it may not have been a cut-off.

When St Cuthbert's Catholic Academy has more applications than places for 2026-27, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked after and previously looked after children — Looked after children and previously looked after children. This includes children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted; 2. Baptised Catholic children with a sibling in the school — Baptised Catholic children who have a sibling in the school at the time of admission; 3. Baptised Catholic children in named parishes — Baptised Catholic children resident in the parishes of Holy Cross & St Helen, St Anne & Blessed Dominic and St Theresa of the Child Jesus, and 6 further criteria. 175 places were offered at this entry point for 2026-27. The places offered for 2026-27 (Year 7) are DfE's figures for its predecessor, St Cuthbert's Catholic High School, before it converted. Tie-break: Places will be allocated to the children who live nearest to the school. Distance will be measured by the Local Authority in a straight line using a Geographical Information System (GIS) based on Local Land and Property Gazetteer (LLPG) data and the National Grid co-ordinates for the family home and the school. In the event of distances being the same for two or more applicants where this distance would be last place/s to be allocated, we will use a system to randomly pick who will be offered a place.

According to the DfE School Census 2025-26 (recorded under the school's previous URN, 104835 (St Cuthbert's Catholic High School)), 86% of pupils at St Cuthbert's Catholic Academy are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.