De La Salle School is a secondary academy in St. Helens, United Kingdom with 1,180 pupils, part of The Laetare Catholic Multi Academy Trust. Ofsted: Requires improvement, inspected 6 June 2023. As of 10 November 2026 it is advertising 1 vacancy: Learning Assistant: Pupil Support (closes 25 November).
Listed on EduAtlas: the school’s official record and its live vacancies. 1 live vacancy.
Head
Andrew Rannard, Headteacher
Trust or group
The Laetare Catholic Multi Academy Trust
Type
Academy, Secondary
Pupils
1,180 pupils · 51% girls · 24.9% eligible for free school meals · 4.0% with English as an additional language DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs
169 (14.3%) on SEN support · 75 (6.4%) with an education, health and care plan · has resourced provision DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
To work with and supervise individuals and groups of children under the direction/instruction of teaching and/or senior staff, inclusive of specific individual learning needs…
Exam results
Year
Attainment 8
Grade 5+ Eng. & maths
2025/26 provisional
43.2
39.3%
Department for Education performance tables. Attainment 8 is the average score across eight GCSE-level subjects (out of 90). Grade 5+ is the share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Provisional figures can change when the revised tables are published. Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26.
Staff
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2025/26
63.0
18.7
–
0
£54,158
Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.
Attendance
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2025/26
8.7%
2.0%
22.3%
4.2%
2024/25
8.9%
2.7%
23.7%
3.4%
Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).
Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Inspection: Ofsted. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.