Rated on Ofsted and the parent survey. Infant schools sit no SATs.
Infant schools stop at Year 2, so children here move to a junior school for Year 3.
This school
St Helen's Catholic Infant School
Junior school
St Helen's Catholic Junior School
Partner junior school
St Helen's Catholic Junior School
Year 3 to Year 6 · next door from St Helen's Catholic Infant School
You apply for a Year 3 place through the council where you live by 15 January in Year 2, even for St Helen's Catholic Junior School. Check its admission arrangements for any priority it gives children from its partner infant school.
Official inspection reports and grades
Inspected 5 March 2024
Infant schools do not sit SATs, and no Year 2 results are published for schools, so there are no exam results for St Helen's Catholic Infant School.
Children from here take SATs in Year 6 at St Helen's Catholic Junior School
78%
met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25, against 63% across England.
See St Helen's Catholic Junior School's resultsSt Helen's Catholic Infant School's catchment area comes from its admission criteria, set by its governing body, which decide who is offered a place when more children apply than there are places. Children in care or adopted from care come first by law. Most schools put brothers and sisters of current pupils next, then distance from home or a catchment boundary, and the school's admissions policy says which it uses. As a Roman Catholic school, it can give priority to children on grounds of faith. Living nearby does not guarantee a place, and how far away the last place went changes every year, depending on who applies.
St Helen's Catholic Infant School is in Essex council's area. Check its admissions booklet for how far away places went in recent years. For a Reception place, apply through the council where you live by 15 January in the year your child starts school. Children leave after Year 2 for a junior school, and its partner is St Helen's Catholic Junior School. You apply for a Year 3 place through the council where you live by 15 January in Year 2, even for St Helen's Catholic Junior School. Check its admission arrangements for any priority it gives children from its partner infant school.
School workforce census, 2025/26.
Ofsted’s survey of parents at this school
100%
of parents would recommend this school to another parent
31 responses up to 6 January 2025 · 15% response rate
My child is happy at this school.
100% agreeMy child feels safe at this school.
100% agreeThe school makes sure its pupils are well behaved.
100% agreeMy child has been bullied and the school dealt with the bullying quickly and effectively.
60% agreeThe school makes me aware of what my child will learn during the year.
100% agreeSt Helen's Catholic Infant School was graded Good at its last Ofsted inspection, on 5 March 2024.
Apply through the council where you live by 15 January for a Reception place starting that September. Children start Reception in the September after their fourth birthday. You can usually list between 3 and 6 schools in order of preference, and offers are sent on 16 April, or the next working day. As a Roman Catholic school it may also ask for a supplementary form, and its admissions policy says whether it does.
St Helen's Catholic Infant School is an infant school, so children move to a junior school for Year 3. Its partner junior school is St Helen's Catholic Junior School, next door. You apply for a Year 3 place through the council where you live by 15 January in Year 2, even for St Helen's Catholic Junior School. Check its admission arrangements for any priority it gives children from its partner infant school.
St Helen's Catholic Infant School's catchment area comes from its admission criteria, set by its governing body, which decide who is offered a place when more children apply than there are places. Children in care or adopted from care come first by law. Most schools put brothers and sisters of current pupils next, then distance from home or a catchment boundary, and the school's admissions policy says which it uses. As a Roman Catholic school, it can give priority to children on grounds of faith. Living nearby does not guarantee a place, and how far away the last place went changes every year, depending on who applies.