Primary school in Brentwood, Essex
St Helen's Catholic Infant & Nursery School
Sawyers Hall Lane, Brentwood, Essex, CM15 9BY
Ofsted
Graded Good at its last graded inspection, on 5 March 2024.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 2 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 173
- Places
- 206
- How full
- 84% full — 173 of 206 places taken
- Girls / boys
- 84 / 89
- Overall absence
- 4%
- Persistently absent
- 7%
primary schools average 5.2%
primary schools average 12.8% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions
- Free school meals, last 6 years
- 10%
- English as an additional language
- 10%
- With an EHC plan
- 2%
- On SEN support
- 6%
England 25.7%
England 18.7%
England 3.5%
England 15%
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Brentwood 004A, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 40%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 11%
- Households owning their home
- 79%
- Households in social housing
- 2%
- Households with no car
- 11%
- Adults economically inactive
- 30%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 3–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Yes
- Boarding
- Day school
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: A McAuliffe
- Local authority
- Essex
- Ward
- Brentwood North
- Constituency
- Brentwood and Ongar
- URN
- 115307
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Helen's Catholic Junior SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2023 | 78% | 0 mi |
| St Thomas of Canterbury Church of England Aided Primary School, BrentwoodVoluntary aided school | Good 2023 | 69% | 0.2 mi |
| Shenfield St. Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Outstanding 2023 | 93% | 0.7 mi |
| Larchwood Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Good 2024 | 66% | 0.8 mi |
| Hogarth Primary SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 65% | 1 mi |
| Holly Trees Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2023 | 65% | 1.4 mi |
| Long Ridings Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2024 | 77% | 1.5 mi |
| St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, South WealdVoluntary aided school | No grade | 98% | 1.7 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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