Primary school

St Helen's Catholic Primary School

  • Voluntary Aided School
  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Roman Catholic
  • Lambeth
  • SW9 0TQ

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 90 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 1%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 65%65%2016/17: top 65%2017/18: top 83%2018/19: top 30%2022/23: top 9%2023/24: top 16%2024/25: top 1%No exams

Against LondonArrows: London rank change since 2018/19

Expected standard, RWM97% · London 72%10/10 Top 10%+42.4 pts
Higher standard, RWM7% · London 12%3/10 Below+9.4 pts
Reading score110 · London 1079/10 Top 20%+33.4 pts
Maths score106 · London 1074/10 Below
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 48% · 31 pupils · London 61%2016/17: 57% · 42 pupils · London 69%2017/18: 50% · 40 pupils · London 72%2018/19: 75% · 32 pupils · London 73%2022/23: 81% · 36 pupils · London 68%2023/24: 77% · 52 pupils · London 70%2024/25: 97% · 30 pupils · London 72%97%48%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 3% · 31 pupils · London 7%2016/17: 5% · 42 pupils · London 10%2017/18: 10% · 40 pupils · London 12%2018/19: 6% · 32 pupils · London 13%2022/23: 11% · 36 pupils · London 11%2023/24: 10% · 52 pupils · London 11%2024/25: 7% · 30 pupils · London 12%11%3%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 100 · 31 pupils · London 1032016/17: 101 · 42 pupils · London 1052017/18: 105 · 40 pupils · London 1062018/19: 106 · 32 pupils · London 1062022/23: 111 · 36 pupils · London 1062023/24: 108 · 52 pupils · London 1072024/25: 110 · 30 pupils · London 107111100No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 102 · 31 pupils · London 1042016/17: 101 · 42 pupils · London 1062017/18: 101 · 40 pupils · London 1062018/19: 106 · 32 pupils · London 1072022/23: 109 · 36 pupils · London 1062023/24: 106 · 52 pupils · London 1062024/25: 106 · 30 pupils · London 107109101No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
23 of 23 who put it first2014 · 91.4%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st2323
2nd101
3rd111
Last distance offered
  • 2026/27All offered
  • 2025/26All offered
  • 2024/25All offered
  • 2023/24All offered
  • 2020/21All offered
  • 2019/20All offered

Inspections · 2007–2024

  1. 2007Good
  2. 2010Good
  3. 2014Good
  4. 2018Remains Good
  5. 2024Remains Good

4 strong areas

  • Quality of teaching
  • Achievement of pupils
  • Leadership and management
  • Behaviour and safety of pupils

0 weak areas

4 areas graded · 2 points to improve

Read what Ofsted said (6)

From Ofsted report, inspected Jul 2024

Strengths

  • “St Helen’s Catholic Primary School is welcoming and inclusive to all pupils.”
  • “Parents and carers agree that the school is a warm, friendly and caring community for their children to learn in.”
  • “Pupils eagerly come to school every day with a smile on their face.”

To improve

  • “In a few subjects, the school has not identified the precise knowledge and skills that pupils should learn.”
  • “This means that activities in lessons do not consistently help pupils build their knowledge securely.”
  • “The school needs to ensure that the content and sequencing of knowledge across the curriculum is clearly defined.”

Ofsted inspection report extracts, Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026247
Free school meals (past 6 years)45.1%
First language not English67.7%
SEN support24.1%
EHC plan5.8%
Absence (sessions missed)5.3%
Persistently absent pupils13.7%

Girls 47.5%Boys 52.5%

68.6% full · 360 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher24.5
Pupils per adult14.8
  • Classroom teachers 7
  • Leadership 3
  • Teaching assistants 5.5
  • Other support 4.9

Teachers 10 FTE · Whole workforce 20.5 · 25 people

Financials · 2025/26

Income per pupil£10,432
Spend per pupil£9,489
Staff spend per pupil£6,759
Reserve per pupil£2,052
  • +£502,769revenue reserve
  • +£231,003in-year balance

Grants £10,202 · self-generated £230 · premises £770 per pupil