St Helen's Catholic Infant & Nursery School
Sawyers Hall Lane, Brentwood, CM15 9BY
173 pupils · 84% of 206 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 3–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Local authority
- Essex
- Free school meals
- 9.2%
Ofsted
Good (2024) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 5 March 2024, published 25 April 2024. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.05 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 60 | 63 | 170 | 60 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 60 | 60 | 166 | 60 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 60 | 65 | 163 | 60 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 60 | 73 | 151 | 60 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 60 | 58 | 144 | 60 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 69 | 63 | 151 | 67 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 80 | 69 | 181 | 78 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 89 | 80 | 192 | 89 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- St Helen's Catholic Junior School 0 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- St Thomas of Canterbury Church of England Aided Primary School, Brentwood 0.3 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Shenfield St. Mary's Church of England Primary School 1.1 km · Outstanding (2023) · previous system
- Larchwood Primary School 1.3 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Hogarth Primary School 1.6 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Holly Trees Primary School 2.2 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.