St Helens Primary School

Community school·Primary school Ryde, Isle of Wight·PO33 1XH
Composite score
30.6
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#13,271
National rank
#1983
In South East
#28
In Isle of Wight
Top 90%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
47%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
99.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
10 first choices, 10 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
19
any preference, for 10 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.11
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8320221.0020231.0020240.8920251.002026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St Helens Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
5–11
Pupils on roll
93
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
20.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
0.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
20.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
14.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,525
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About St Helens Primary School

St Helens Primary School is a primary school in Ryde, Isle of Wight, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 93 pupils aged 5 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. 47% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 17.0 percentage points compared with the previous year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 99 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St Helens Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 10 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.8%. There are about 14.3 pupils per teacher. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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