St Helen's Catholic Primary School
Newham, E13 8DW · Newham local authority
Newham’s School Grade A better than 93% of towns in England
What stands out about St Helen's Catholic Primary School
- Its own letter, B+: Key Stage 2 results better than 69% of England’s primary schools
- 69% meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 7 points above England’s schools
- Over capacity: 497 pupils for 420 places
- Ofsted: Outstanding, December 2022 (shown, not graded)
- 82% of families who put it first got a place for September 2026 (59 of 72)
- Homes in its postcode sector (E13 8) sold for a median £400,000; Newham’s is £447,500
Results
DfE · Key Stage 2Reading, writing and maths 69%
Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 69% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Newham avg 74%
Each subject, 2025
Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 104, maths 105 (100 = the expected standard)
Disadvantaged pupils, 2025
Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths: the 28 disadvantaged pupils and the rest, beside England’s schools
England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.
How hard is it to get a place at St Helen's Catholic Primary School?
82% of the families who put it first got a place for September 2026.
Years when some first choices missed out: 2019 (1), 2020 (14), 2021 (3), 2024 (10), 2026 (13). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Our Lady of Grace Catholic Academy Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Newham council’s coordinated admissions.
Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand
82% got their first choice
Newham and Newham, side by side
2023–2025All 65 graded primaries in Newham. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Newham’s schools are coloured by their letter.
Show as a table
| School | Letter | Free school meals | KS2 expected standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tollgate Primary School | A+ | 41% | 93% |
| St Antony's Catholic Primary School | A+ | 37% | 93% |
| Roman Road Primary School | A+ | 32% | 90% |
| Rosetta Primary School | A+ | 47% | 90% |
| Elmhurst Primary School | A+ | 31% | 90% |
| St Stephen's Primary School | A+ | 36% | 89% |
| Cleves Primary School | A+ | 40% | 89% |
| Hallsville Primary School | A+ | 49% | 87% |
| Vicarage Primary School | A+ | 43% | 86% |
| Kaizen Primary School | A+ | 39% | 85% |
| Shaftesbury Primary School | A+ | 27% | 85% |
| Harris Academy Chobham | A | 43% | 82% |
| Scott Wilkie Primary School | A | 56% | 82% |
| New City Primary School | A | 28% | 82% |
| Essex Primary School | A | 39% | 81% |
| Earlham Primary School | A | 46% | 81% |
| Monega Primary School | A | 31% | 81% |
| Avenue Primary School | A | 43% | 80% |
| Salisbury Primary School | A | 42% | 80% |
| St Luke's Primary School | A | 40% | 80% |
| Ranelagh Primary School | A | 39% | 80% |
| Ravenscroft Primary School | A | 50% | 80% |
| St Winefride's RC Primary School | A | 30% | 80% |
| Keir Hardie Primary School | A | 45% | 79% |
| Curwen Primary School | A | 46% | 78% |
| St Francis' Catholic Primary School | A | 50% | 78% |
| Southern Road Primary School | A | 48% | 77% |
| Langdon Academy | A | 57% | 77% |
| Dersingham Primary School | A | 54% | 76% |
| Lathom Junior School | A− | 46% | 75% |
| Selwyn Primary School | A− | 45% | 75% |
| Sandringham Primary School | A− | 33% | 74% |
| Portway Primary School | A− | 37% | 74% |
| St Edward's Catholic Primary School | A− | 34% | 74% |
| Grange Primary School | A− | 36% | 73% |
| St Michael's Catholic Primary School | A− | 24% | 72% |
| Gainsborough Primary School | A− | 59% | 71% |
| North Beckton Primary School | A− | 43% | 71% |
| Colegrave Primary School | B+ | 40% | 70% |
| Sir John Heron Primary School | B+ | 43% | 70% |
| Ellen Wilkinson Primary School | B+ | 34% | 69% |
| St Helen's Catholic Primary School | B+ | 31% | 69% |
| Park Primary School | B | 26% | 67% |
| Brampton Primary School | B | 34% | 66% |
| Godwin Junior School | B | 30% | 66% |
| Central Park Primary School | B | 32% | 66% |
| Plaistow Primary School | B | 34% | 66% |
| Sheringham Primary School | B | 45% | 66% |
| Star Primary School | B | 34% | 65% |
| Nelson Primary School | B | 44% | 65% |
| Maryland Primary School | B− | 41% | 64% |
| Drew Primary School | B− | 53% | 64% |
| St Joachim's Catholic Primary School | B− | 36% | 63% |
| Stratford Manor Primary School & Nursery | B− | 52% | 62% |
| William Davies Primary School | B− | 42% | 62% |
| St James' CofE Primary School | B− | 57% | 62% |
| Britannia Village Primary School | B− | 36% | 62% |
| Gallions Primary School | B− | 42% | 62% |
| Upton Cross Primary School | C+ | 31% | 60% |
| Oasis School 21 | C+ | 49% | 59% |
| Kensington Primary School | C+ | 33% | 59% |
| Carpenters Primary School | C+ | 46% | 58% |
| Winsor Primary School | C+ | 39% | 58% |
| Hartley Primary School | C+ | 43% | 58% |
| West Ham Church Primary School | C | 32% | 56% |
Who goes here
DfE school census, January 2025476 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.
Girls and boys
St Helen's Catholic Primary School’s letter
Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.
How school letters are worked out
Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.
Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.
Ofsted inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Graded inspection: Outstanding, December 2022.
Living near St Helen's Catholic Primary School
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in E13 8, the school’s postcode sector
Newham property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in E13 8 sell for a little under Newham’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.
Schools within 1.6 miles
60 state schoolsLocation
Directions ↗Newham, E13 8DW
St Helen's Catholic Primary School: common questions
Is St Helen's Catholic Primary School a good school?
By its published results, above average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 69% of England’s primary schools (its letter is B+), with 69% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Outstanding, December 2022.
How hard is it to get into St Helen's Catholic Primary School?
For September 2026, 72 families put St Helen's Catholic Primary School first and 59 of them were offered a place; 60 places were offered in all.
What is St Helen's Catholic Primary School’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection outcome is Outstanding (December 2022).
How much do houses cost near St Helen's Catholic Primary School?
Homes in its postcode sector, E13 8, sold for a median £400,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (159 sales).
Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.
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