Ofsted inspection · 08/02/2023
Overview of St Helen's Catholic Primary School · Primary · Southend-on-Sea
How does this school perform?
Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2018/19
Subject breakdown
DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.
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2024/25
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History
All years · Historical DfE data by academic year
Primary — Key Stage 2
Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.
| Year | RWM expected | RWM higher | Reading exp. | Reading hi. | Writing exp. | Writing hi. | Maths exp. | Maths hi. | Science | SPAG exp. | Read. score | Maths score | GPS score | Reading prog. | Writing prog. | Maths prog. | SEN | Cohort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 60% | 3% | 75% | 37% | 72% | 8% | 82% | 33% | 93% | 73% | 105.0 | 107.0 | 106.0 | — | — | — | 18% | 419 |
| 2023/24 | 77% | 8% | 78% | 27% | 87% | 12% | 85% | 33% | 87% | 77% | 105.0 | 106.0 | 106.0 | — | — | — | 18% | 421 |
| 2022/23 | 65% | 3% | 75% | 22% | 78% | 12% | 80% | 22% | 83% | 82% | 104.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 | +0.50 | +1.60 | +2.00 | 17% | 422 |
| 2018/19 | 73% | 20% | 77% | 40% | 87% | 20% | 90% | 40% | 80% | 83% | 106.0 | 109.0 | 108.0 | +2.50 | +1.20 | +4.20 | 9% | 327 |
DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.
Pupils & absence
| Year | Pupils | Pupil:teacher | SEN | EAL | FSM ever | Absence | Persistent absence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 419 | 22.5 | 18% | 39% | 17% | 5% | 12% |
| 2023/24 | 421 | 22.4 | 18% | 41% | 20% | 5% | 10% |
| 2022/23 | 422 | 23.7 | 17% | 43% | 21% | 5% | 15% |
| 2021/22 | 414 | 23.5 | 12% | 47% | 20% | 6% | 20% |
| 2020/21 | 387 | 26.8 | 10% | 52% | 20% | — | — |
| 2018/19 | 327 | 22.2 | 9% | 60% | 14% | 4% | 10% |
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.