St Helen's Catholic Infant & Nursery School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Mixed · Essex
Sawyers Hall Lane, Brentwood, CM15 9BY
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Good
Graded 05/03/2024
Application demand
85%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
96.4%
7.3% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
173
Capacity used
Has space84%
206 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Primary entry · official council applications and offers
85%
1st preference success rate
51 of 60 families who put it first got an offer
60
Places offered
166
Total applications
2.8
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 60 | 51 | ● 85% |
| 2nd preference | 55 | 6 | ● 11% |
| 3rd preference | 36 | 3 | ● 8% |
| 4th preference | 15 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 166 | 60 | 36% |
1st preference success by year
Essex lets families list 4 preferences. 4 applications came from outside the council area (4 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Amanda McAuliffe
- Address
- Sawyers Hall Lane, Brentwood, CM15 9BY
- Phone
- 01277215626
- Local authority
- Essex
- Ward / constituency
- Brentwood North · Brentwood and Ongar
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 115307
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 9% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 11% | — | — |
| SEN support | 7% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
173 pupils · 206 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
05 March 2024
Full graded inspection
Good overall effectivenessEarly years Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 137 pupils
Attendance
96.4%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
3.6%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
7.3%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
0.7%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.1%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Essex council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Reception (primary) | 15 January | 16 April (or next working day) |
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.