St Helen's Catholic Primary School

Newham · E13 8DW

General information Primary School · 2-11 years Who goes here 497 pupils, 31.1% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted: Outstanding

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St Helen's Catholic Primary School

General Information

Address: Chargeable Lane, London, E13 8DW – View on map
Phone: 02074761785
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Miss Claire Doherty
Age range: 2-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 72 families put it first for 60 places – 12 for every 10 places. 82% of them were offered a place. 4 of the 60 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 12 · 2025 10 · 2026 12
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

497 pupils out of 420 places At or near capacity

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 140
% eligible for free school meals: 31.1%
Pupil mix: 9 in 10 (similar to the Newham average)
English as an additional language: 64% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 12.1% a year (Newham 14.5%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 42% moved to another school, 58% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Across Newham: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 1 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
Suspensions for bullying: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 1 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state primary schools in Newham, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 4.5%
Persistently absent pupils: 13.7%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 24.3%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.8%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 55 pupils
SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 26 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 22 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 9 pupils
Other difficulty or disability: 6 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Autistic spectrum disorder: 13 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 7 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Vision impairment: 1 pupil
Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

Outstanding 2022 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted changed how it rates schools in the last couple of years, so ratings from different years aren't always on the same scale - that's why we show the year alongside every rating.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 68% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 15% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 8 percentage points below the Newham average (76%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 69% against an expected 61%)
3-year average (expected standard): 69%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 76% · Writing 85% · Maths 81% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 82%
Average test scores: reading 104, maths 105
Based on: 62 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

SATs results over time

This schoolNewham averageEngland→ Broadly steady No clear rise or fall since 2022/23 (changes this small are normal from one year group to the next). In 2024/25 this school was 8 percentage points below the Newham average (76%).

Year 6 SATs: 49th of 66 junior and primary schools in the area

=46Star Primary School70%
#48Plaistow Primary School69%
#49St Helen's Catholic Primary School68%
=50Gainsborough Primary School67%
=50Gallions Primary School67%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1St Antony's Catholic Primary School97%
#2Roman Road Primary School94%
#3Elmhurst Primary School92%
=4Bobby Moore Academy91%
=4Rosetta Primary School91%
=4Tollgate Primary School91%
=7Shaftesbury Primary School89%
=7St Stephen's Primary School89%
=9Ravenscroft Primary School88%
=9Vicarage Primary School88%
#11Langdon Academy87%
#12Hallsville Primary School86%
=13Harris Academy Chobham85%
=13Keir Hardie Primary School85%
=13Scott Wilkie Primary School85%
=16Cleves Primary School84%
=16Earlham Primary School84%
=16New City Primary School84%
=19Kaizen Primary School83%
=19Monega Primary School83%
=19Salisbury Primary School83%
=19St Luke's Primary School83%
=23Curwen Primary School82%
=23St Winefride's RC Primary School82%
=25Essex Primary School81%
=25Sir John Heron Primary School81%
=25Southern Road Primary School81%
=25St Michael's Catholic Primary School81%
=29Colegrave Primary School80%
=29Dersingham Primary School80%
=29St Edward's Catholic Primary School80%
=32Avenue Primary School78%
=32Grange Primary School78%
=34Lathom Junior School77%
=34Ranelagh Primary School77%
=34Sandringham Primary School77%
=34St Francis' Catholic Primary School77%
=38Central Park Primary School76%
=38Drew Primary School76%
=38Portway Primary School76%
=38Selwyn Primary School76%
#42North Beckton Primary School74%
#43Stratford Manor Primary School & Nursery73%
=44Nelson Primary School72%
=44Park Primary School72%
=46Ellen Wilkinson Primary School70%
=46Star Primary School70%
#48Plaistow Primary School69%
#49St Helen's Catholic Primary School68%
=50Gainsborough Primary School67%
=50Gallions Primary School67%
=50St James' CofE Primary School67%
#53St Joachim's Catholic Primary School66%
=54Hartley Primary School65%
=54Oasis School 2165%
=54Upton Cross Primary School65%
#57Maryland Primary School64%
=58Brampton Primary School63%
=58Britannia Village Primary School63%
=58Sheringham Primary School63%
=61Carpenters Primary School62%
=61Godwin Junior School62%
#63William Davies Primary School61%
#64Kensington Primary School59%
#65Winsor Primary School55%
#66West Ham Church Primary School42%

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17th of 52 primary schools in Newham for Ofsted rating

#15Scott Wilkie Primary SchoolOutstanding
#16Sheringham Primary SchoolOutstanding
#17St Helen's Catholic Primary SchoolOutstanding
#18St Stephen's Primary SchoolOutstanding
#19Tollgate Primary SchoolOutstanding

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Ofsted Rating ranking

Based on real Ofsted ratings (via official DfE data) for schools on the same four-word grading scale.

Rank School Score

#1Brampton Primary SchoolOutstanding
#2Colegrave Primary SchoolOutstanding
#3Curwen Primary SchoolOutstanding
#4Earlham Primary SchoolOutstanding
#5Essex Primary SchoolOutstanding
#6Gallions Primary SchoolOutstanding
#7Hallsville Primary SchoolOutstanding
#8Kaizen Primary SchoolOutstanding
#9Keir Hardie Primary SchoolOutstanding
#10Monega Primary SchoolOutstanding
#11New City Primary SchoolOutstanding
#12Portway Primary SchoolOutstanding
#13Rosetta Primary SchoolOutstanding
#14Sandringham Primary SchoolOutstanding
#15Scott Wilkie Primary SchoolOutstanding
#16Sheringham Primary SchoolOutstanding
#17St Helen's Catholic Primary SchoolOutstanding
#18St Stephen's Primary SchoolOutstanding
#19Tollgate Primary SchoolOutstanding
#20Vicarage Primary SchoolOutstanding
#21Avenue Primary SchoolGood
#22Britannia Village Primary SchoolGood
#23Carpenters Primary SchoolGood
#24Central Park Primary SchoolGood
#25Drew Primary SchoolGood
#26Ellen Wilkinson Primary SchoolGood
#27Grange Primary SchoolGood
#28Hartley Primary SchoolGood
#29Maryland Primary SchoolGood
#30Nelson Primary SchoolGood
#31North Beckton Primary SchoolGood
#32Oasis School 360Good
#33Park Primary SchoolGood
#34Plaistow Primary SchoolGood
#35Ranelagh Primary SchoolGood
#36Ravenscroft Primary SchoolGood
#37Roman Road Primary SchoolGood
#38Royal Wharf Primary SchoolGood
#39Salisbury Primary SchoolGood
#40Sir John Heron Primary SchoolGood
#41Southern Road Primary SchoolGood
#42St Antony's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#43St Edward's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#44St Francis' Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#45St James' CofE Primary SchoolGood
#46St Luke's Primary SchoolGood
#47St Michael's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#48St Winefride's RC Primary SchoolGood
#49Star Primary SchoolGood
#50Stratford Manor Primary School & NurseryGood
#51Upton Cross Primary SchoolGood
#52Winsor Primary SchoolGood

Financials

Spending per pupil: £8,804 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

32nd of 62 primary schools in Newham for spending per pupil

#30Rosetta Primary School£8,871
#31Nelson Primary School£8,814
#32St Helen's Catholic Primary School£8,804
#33Upton Cross Primary School£8,772
#34Britannia Village Primary School£8,675

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1Gainsborough Primary School£12,739
#2Tollgate Primary School£12,287
#3Carpenters Primary School£11,486
#4Oasis School 360£11,381
#5Ranelagh Primary School£11,203
#6Stratford Manor Primary School & Nursery£10,951
#7St Francis' Catholic Primary School£10,888
#8Plaistow Primary School£10,634
#9Avenue Primary School£10,001
#10Grange Primary School£9,915
#11Keir Hardie Primary School£9,884
#12North Beckton Primary School£9,801
#13Gallions Primary School£9,794
#14Star Primary School£9,790
#15William Davies Primary School£9,755
#16Colegrave Primary School£9,498
#17St Luke's Primary School£9,304
#18St Winefride's RC Primary School£9,270
#19Sir John Heron Primary School£9,264
#20Drew Primary School£9,253
#21Salisbury Primary School£9,241
#22St Joachim's Catholic Primary School£9,206
#23Ravenscroft Primary School£9,141
#24Cleves Primary School£9,132
#25St James' CofE Primary School£9,113
#26West Ham Church Primary School£9,060
#27Roman Road Primary School£9,011
#28Selwyn Primary School£9,000
#29Ellen Wilkinson Primary School£8,978
#30Rosetta Primary School£8,871
#31Nelson Primary School£8,814
#32St Helen's Catholic Primary School£8,804
#33Upton Cross Primary School£8,772
#34Britannia Village Primary School£8,675
#35Maryland Primary School£8,644
#36Curwen Primary School£8,608
#37Sheringham Primary School£8,592
#38Scott Wilkie Primary School£8,561
#39St Edward's Catholic Primary School£8,557
#40Dersingham Primary School£8,508
#41Elmhurst Primary School£8,489
#42Winsor Primary School£8,488
#43St Michael's Catholic Primary School£8,474
#44Park Primary School£8,460
#45Kaizen Primary School£8,455
#46Brampton Primary School£8,447
#47Sandringham Primary School£8,331
#48Royal Wharf Primary School£8,296
#49Hallsville Primary School£8,257
#50Portway Primary School£8,110
#51Hartley Primary School£8,075
#52Essex Primary School£8,062
#53St Stephen's Primary School£7,976
#54Southern Road Primary School£7,816
#55Central Park Primary School£7,786
#56Kensington Primary School£7,720
#57St Antony's Catholic Primary School£7,653
#58Monega Primary School£7,626
#59New City Primary School£7,420
#60Shaftesbury Primary School£7,262
#61Vicarage Primary School£7,224
#62Earlham Primary School£6,938

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