St Helen's Primary School

CambridgeshireFoundation school

Colne Road, Bluntisham, Huntingdon, PE28 3NY

Headteacher: Mrs Julia WalkerSchool website ↗Pupils: 188 (capacity: 210)
Ofsted Good
Inspected June 2022
Oversubscribed
91% of first-choice applicants offered a place
55%
Reading, Writing & Maths
Good
Inspected June 2022
91%
First-choice offer rate
Oversubscribed

Latest data: 2024/25

Ofsted RatingInspected 8 June 2022Full report ↗

Good

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.

Rated Good across all inspected areas — Quality of Teaching, Behaviour, Pupils' Development and Leadership.

SATs Results (2024/25)

End-of-primary-school tests taken by Year 6 pupils. National averages shown for comparison.

Reading, Writing & Maths combinedReading, Writing & Maths% of pupils achieving the expected standard in all three subjects at age 11The national average is around 60%. Higher means more pupils reached the expected level.
55.0%
Exceeding expected level (Reading, Writing & Maths)Higher Standard — Reading, Writing & Maths% of pupils exceeding the expected level in all three subjectsA more demanding threshold. The national average is around 8%.
3.0%
Why is combined lower? A pupil is only counted if they met the bar in all three subjects. Some passed reading but not writing; some passed writing but not maths.
Reading 65%·Writing 65%·Maths 65%All three 55%
Reading
Expected65%
Exceeding35%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected65%
Exceeding3%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected65%
Exceeding13%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Expected standard
Exceeding / high score
National average

How Hard to Get Into This School (2025/26)

This school is oversubscribed.
Demand exceeds capacity.
How many places were offered?
30
How many families wanted this school first?
33
How many got their first choice?
30of 33 (90.9%)
How many applied in total?
58

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
16.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
0.0%
Pupils receiving SEN supportSEN Support% of pupils receiving SEN (Special Educational Needs) support without a formal planThese pupils need extra help but do not yet have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
16.0%
Boys and girls
56%girls·44%boys
106 girls, 82 boys

Location

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Results Over Time

↑ Best year on record — 55% Reading, Writing & Maths

* No data for 2019/20 or 2020/21 — national assessments were cancelled due to COVID-19.

Progress scores (Reading, Writing, Maths) are hidden by default — click them in the legend to show.

View raw year-by-year data
YearReading, Writing & Maths (expected %)Exceeding expected (%)Reading ProgressWriting ProgressMaths Progress
2015/1652.0%3.0%-0.3-1.8+0.4
2016/1754.0%0.0%-1.5-2.9-5.1
2017/1841.0%0.0%-0.9-2.3-4.5
2018/1943.0%9.0%-0.9-0.6-2.2
2022/2352.0%10.0%-2.5-2.4-4.8
2023/2445.0%9.0%---
2024/2555.0%3.0%---
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