Lyme Community Primary School | Primary in Newton-le-Willows, St. Helens | Ofsted & DfE

62%

RWM expected · 2024/25

10%

RWM higher · 2024/25

215

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

14%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

62%

RWM expected · 2024/25

10%

RWM higher · 2024/25

215

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

14%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

62%

RWM expected · 2024/25

10%

RWM higher · 2024/25

215

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

14%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 24/09/2019

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authoritySt. Helens

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio22.2:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Lyme Community Primary School · Primary · St. Helens

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

62%

+24pp

62%50%38%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 62%

RWM higher standard

10%

+10pp

10%5%0%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 10%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

79%

Reading higher standard

28%

Writing expected standard

90%

Writing higher standard

10%

Maths expected standard

72%

Maths higher standard

21%

Science expected standard

86%

SPAG expected standard

76%

SPAG higher standard

21%

Reading scaled score

105.0

Maths scaled score

104.0

GPS scaled score

105.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

215

Pupil : teacher ratio

22.2

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

FSM eligible

38%

SEN

24%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

14%

Contact

Address

Lyme Street, Newton-le-Willows, WA12 9HD

Local authority

St. Helens

Website

www.lyme.st-helens.sch.uk

Telephone

01744678350

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	62%	10%	79%	28%	90%	10%	72%	21%	86%	76%	105.0	104.0	105.0	—	—	—	24%	215
2023/24	38%	0%	52%	10%	66%	3%	69%	21%	83%	66%	101.0	104.0	105.0	—	—	—	26%	211
2022/23	40%	0%	53%	13%	63%	0%	63%	10%	60%	70%	100.0	102.0	103.0	-4.30	-1.40	-1.50	24%	220
2018/19	59%	10%	66%	28%	76%	17%	86%	21%	79%	76%	103.0	105.0	105.0	-0.30	+0.80	+1.10	20%	230
2017/18	39%	7%	46%	14%	79%	18%	54%	18%	82%	54%	100.0	100.0	103.0	-4.10	-0.20	-3.70	22%	229
2016/17	43%	0%	57%	0%	77%	7%	63%	0%	83%	73%	100.0	101.0	104.0	-3.50	-0.20	-2.70	31%	242

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	215	22.2	24%	6%	38%	6%	14%
2023/24	211	23.9	26%	5%	37%	6%	16%
2022/23	220	21.4	24%	4%	37%	8%	23%
2021/22	220	21.2	27%	4%	37%	8%	23%
2020/21	215	22.8	25%	3%	29%	—	—
2018/19	230	20.6	20%	3%	30%	4%	7%
2017/18	229	20.4	22%	2%	34%	4%	8%
2016/17	242	20.5	31%	2%	42%	5%	12%