Rainford High School
Higher Lane, Rainford, St Helens, WA11 8NY
Data last updated 22 October 2026.
- Phase: Secondary
- Gender: Mixed
- Ages: 11 to 18
- Admissions: Non-selective
- Sixth form: Yes
- Pupils (2025/26 census): 1,646 (809 boys, 837 girls)
- Capacity: 1650
- Free school meals (2025/26 census): 15.7%
- Telephone: 01744885914
- Ofsted: report card, no overall grade (inspected 13 Jan 2026)
- Attainment 8: 50.2 (2025/26, provisional)
- Applications (Year 7 entry, September 2026): 609 applications, 258 places offered
Phase, type, gender, ages, admissions, sixth form, capacity and contact details are from the Department for Education's school register as at 21 October 2026. Ofsted inspection records as at 30 September 2026.
Other schools in St. Helens
- Rainford Brook Lodge Community Primary School (0.1 miles, straight line)
- Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School (0.4 miles, straight line)
- Rainford CofE Primary School (0.4 miles, straight line)
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School (3 miles, straight line)
- St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School (3.1 miles, straight line)
- Bleak Hill Primary School (3.2 miles, straight line)
