St Helena School
Sheepen Road, Colchester, CO3 3LE
Local ranking35th of 79 secondary schools in Essex
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1000
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 46.0 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 36.3% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 60.3% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 41.7% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.0 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 204
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Continued in education
- 87.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 987
- Boys
- 498 (50%)
- Girls
- 489 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1000 (99% full)
- SEND
- 16.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 31.3%
- EAL
- 19.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.5%
- SEN Support
- 14.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 60.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,834/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 20.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 64.3%
- White Other: 8.4%
- Other: 8.4%
- Mixed Other: 3.2%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.9%
- Asian Indian: 1.9%
- Black Caribbean: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.8%
64.3%
White British
8.4%
White Other
8.4%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 137944
- UKPRN
- 10036669
- Establishment No.
- 5448
- Trust
- THE SIGMA TRUST