St Helen's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · London, Lambeth
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Lambeth Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2020–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
St Helen's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in London, Lambeth for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 3 July 2024. Lambeth has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
St Helen's Catholic Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2023 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2022 | 0.0 metres |
| Reception 2021 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2020 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant to Reception in 2026 was offered a place, as at 36 of the 57 other Lambeth primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 23 first-choice applications for 26 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 97% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Lambeth that have results.
- The school has 24.5 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 16.8 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Lambeth.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Lambeth schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Knowle Close, Brixton, London, SW9 0TQ
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Lambeth
- Pupils on roll
- 247 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 47% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 3 July 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
- “A few subjects are at an earlier stage of design and implementation.”
- “In these instances, the knowledge pupils need to secure is less well defined and teachers are sometimes less precise about what they want pupils to learn.”
- “As a result, some of the tasks and activities provided do not enable pupils to build their understanding of important ideas securely.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 September 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 97% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 23 first-preference applications, 26 offers in total, 23 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Lambeth.
- Stockwell Primary School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St John's Angell Town Church of England Primary School 0.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Andrew's Church of England Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Loughborough Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hill Mead Primary School 0.4 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Van Gogh Primary 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Sudbourne Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Christ Church Primary SW9 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published