St Helen's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Southend-on-Sea City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Helen's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 February 2023. Southend-on-Sea has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 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 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Free school meal eligibility stood at 16.9% of pupils, against a middle figure of 33.7% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Southend-on-Sea.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at 12 of the 28 other Southend-on-Sea primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 44 first-choice applications for 55 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 11 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 60% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 5th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Southend-on-Sea.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Southend-on-Sea schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- North Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, SS0 7AY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Southend-on-Sea
- Pupils on roll
- 420 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 8 February 2023
Strengths
- “A culture of mutual respect flows through the school.”
- “This creates a warm and welcoming environment.”
- “Pupils rise to the high expectations adults have of them.”
To improve
- “In a small number of subjects, pupils do not develop a deep knowledge and do not learn so well.”
- “This is because leaders have not been sufficiently precise when outlining the knowledge they expect pupils to know and remember.”
- “The disruption caused by COVID-19 resulted in a significant number of pupils not being able to read as fluently as they should by the end of Year 1.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 March 2023 (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) | 60% | 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: 44 first-preference applications, 55 offers in total, 44 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 Southend-on-Sea.
- Milton Hall Primary School and Nursery 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's, Prittlewell, CofE Primary School 0.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Barons Court Primary School and Nursery 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Westborough School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Porters Grange Primary School and Nursery 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Bournemouth Park Academy 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Earls Hall Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published