Cowley International College

Hard Lane, St. Helens, Merseyside, WA10 6PN

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About this school

Cowley International College is a Community school serving secondary age pupils, located in St. Helens, Merseyside. The school has 1,498 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 24 November 2021). Last inspected 10 March 2026. The Principal is Russell Cormack. The school is administered by St. Helens local authority. It opened in 1 January 1900.

School details

Principal

Russell Cormack

Local authority

St. Helens

Gender

Mixed

URN

104829

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at Cowley International College are handled by the school or the local authority (St. Helens). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

Source: Department for Education school performance data. Check this school on GOV.UK →

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