Secondary
St Helena School
Sheepen Road, Colchester, CO3 3LE
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 986 of 1000 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.7
- Local authority
- Essex
- Trust
- THE SIGMA TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 59.5
- All staff (FTE)
- 91.8
- Pupils per adult
- 10.8
- Pupils
- 995
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected January 2024
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
December 2017
Previous framework
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
GCSE results
36%
16 points below the Colchester average (52% across 14 schools)
46.0
4.8 below the Colchester average (50.8 across 14 schools)
11th of 14 by our score, among the secondary schools in Colchester we can score - 16 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 46 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.01 |
| Entered the EBacc | 42% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 60% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 36% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 40% |
| 22/23 | 33% |
| 23/24 | 32% |
| 24/25 | 36% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.33 |
| 22/23 | -0.18 |
| 23/24 | -0.31 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 46.1 |
| 22/23 | 42.2 |
| 23/24 | 41.6 |
| 24/25 | 46.0 |
Sheepen Road, Colchester, CO3 3LE
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Essex admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Serena Kay
- Address
- Sheepen Road, Colchester, CO3 3LE
- Telephone
- 01206572253