St Helen's Catholic Infant & Nursery School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–7 · Brentwood, Essex
St Helen's Catholic Infant & Nursery School is a primary school in Brentwood, Essex for ages 3–7 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 5 March 2024.
Key facts
- Address
- Sawyers Hall Lane, St. Helens Rc Infant School, Brentwood, CM15 9BY
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Essex
- Pupils on roll
- 173 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 5 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils benefit from the relentless drive of all leaders to ensure every pupil succeeds.”
- “It is a very inclusive school where pupils are taught in a loving and caring atmosphere.”
- “Pupils show the values of kindness and consideration in abundance.”
To improve
- “There are a few occasions where some staff are still getting to grips with which reading books and strategies best support pupils to practise their reading.”
- “This means a few pupils have books that contain sounds they have not yet learned.”
- “This hinders how quickly these few weaker readers catch up.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 April 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 63 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 47 offers to first-preference applicants.
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Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Essex.
- St Helen's Catholic Junior School 0.0 mi School remains Good
- St Thomas of Canterbury Church of England Aided Primary School, Brentwood 0.2 mi School remains Good
- Shenfield St. Mary's Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi Outstanding
- Larchwood Primary School 0.8 mi Good
- Hogarth Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged
- Holly Trees Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good
- Long Ridings Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good
- St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, South Weald 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade