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St Helen's Catholic Primary School

Southend-on-Sea, SS0 7AYPrimaryAges 4–11MixedState
Ofsted Rating
Good
Feb 2023
KS2 Results
77%
meeting expected standard in RWM
Competition
0.8×
Not oversubscribed
46 1st-choice / 55 places
Ranking
🏆Top 25%
#2307 of 13,686 nationally

About St Helen's Catholic Primary School

St Helen's Catholic Primary School is a state-funded mixed primary in Southend-on-Sea, run under the Roman Catholic faith and led by headteacher Elizabeth Keeble. It ranks third out of 25 primary schools in the local authority, placing it in the top 12 per cent of schools in the area. The three schools immediately above it in the LA rankings are Bournes Green Junior School, Darlinghurst Academy, and Leigh North Street Primary School. St Helen's sits just 0. 4 kilometres from Barons Court Primary School and Nursery, one of only three primaries in Southend-on-Sea rated Outstanding by Ofsted. The school itself holds a Good rating from its most recent graded inspection in February 2023, with inspectors awarding Good across every category: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. This represents a consistent performance compared with its previous inspection in 2011, which also rated overall effectiveness as Good.

Key Details

School TypePrimary (State)
Age Range4 to 11 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterRoman Catholic
AddressNorth Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea, SS0 7AY
HeadteacherElizabeth Keeble
Local AuthoritySouthend-on-Sea
Number of Pupils419
Free School Meals (FSM)17.0%
School Capacity419 / 420 (100% full)

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

8 Feb 2023
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Overall Effectiveness
Good
Quality of Education
Good
Behaviour & Attitudes
Good
Personal Development
Good
Leadership & Management
Good
Early Years Provision
Good

Source: Ofsted, 23 Mar 2023. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

SEND Support

AutismDyslexiaMental HealthSpeech & LanguageHearingPhysicalLearning DifficultyOther

Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.

School day

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Teaching hours

08:55 – 15:15

After-school care

15:15-17:15

Source: st-helens.southend.sch.uk. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.

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St Helen's Catholic Primary School has been rated "Good" by Ofsted. This means the school provides a good standard of education and effectively supports all pupils to succeed.