# St Helen and St Katharine — Abingdon, United Kingdom > School profile on SchoolBrowse, based on verified parent reviews. > HTML version: https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/abingdon/st-helen-and-st-katharine-9424 ## At a glance - **Type:** Primary - **Parent rating:** 2.8/5 from 10 published reviews - **Principal:** null ## Contact - **Address:** Faringdon Road, Abingdon - **Phone:** 01235 520173 - **Website:** https://www.shsk.org.uk - **SchoolBrowse profile:** https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/abingdon/st-helen-and-st-katharine-9424 ## About St Helen and St Katharine is an independent day school for girls aged 9-18, located in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. 100+ extracurricular clubs and societies. Academic life is full, vibrant and spirited: the best wit... ## Recent parent reviews - **1/5** — TWO STEPS AHEAD: two steps ahead, i am always two steps ahead. this has been the greatest social experiment i’ve come to known, certainly the greatest social experiment of my current life. its alluring, its compelling, its gripping. to bear witness, to observe all of these unwell, unbalanced, disoriented beings roam the internet in search of stories, in search of ideas, of conflicts, of rivalries. where people develop a distinctive desire for direct engagement. where people feel involved with the stories and the… *(Feb 2025)* - **5/5** — SHSK - a good school: Have found SHSK to be a very caring well rounded school. My daughter has a few issues around anxiety and mental health but always feels happy at school. The Head and her teachers have all been really approachable and happy to help. it is a highly academic school but also offers a huge range of sport and extra curricular activities so something for everyone. Would highly recommend as a good school *(May 2024)* - **1/5** — The truth about SHSK: St Helen and St Katharine feels like an unsafe worrying environment to be in. The teachers do not care. They allow bullying to continue after being made aware of it. They cannot deal with mental health issues and are incapable of providing a nurturing school environment. Do NOT send your daughter here! *(Oct 2023)* - **3/5** — Mixed experiences: My daughter has had a mixed experience at St Helen and St Katharine. While the school offers a lot of opportunities and resources, we have experienced some inconsistent teaching and a few administrative issues. *(Dec 2022)* - **5/5** — Exceptional Education and Support: My daughter has been at St Helen and St Katharine for 3 years and we have been thoroughly impressed with the standard of education and support she has received. The school's focus on girls' empowerment and well-being is something that resonates deeply with us as a family. *(Sep 2022)* - **3/5** — not good for mental health: education is great and the sports rlly good , very strict abt uniform tho and care more about exam results than ur wellbeing, not great for mental health, lots of drama, food facilities and cute uniform, you have to hand in your phone every morning to the office and can’t use it so not good *(Aug 2022)* - **4/5** — Excellent education and community: My daughter graduated from St Helen and St Katharine in 2020 and we were impressed with the education and community she was part of. The school's values and ethos are truly inspiring. *(Jul 2022)* - **5/5** — Excellent facilities and staff: We have been delighted with the facilities and staff at St Helen and St Katharine. The new sixth form centre is impressive and the teachers have been supportive and knowledgeable. *(Mar 2022)* - **3/5** — it’s ok ig: provides a good education and stuff but rubbish with mental health and caring abt kids there, bad uniforms, cold :( *(Feb 2021)* - **3/5** — A review of SHSK: This school provides a good education and everything, but does not provide a good space, with restrictive and transphobic rules and uniforms *(Aug 2020)* ## Other schools in Abingdon - [Fitzharrys School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/abingdon/fitzharrys-school-20253) — 1.7/5 (11 reviews) - [Larkmead School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/abingdon/larkmead-school-18221) — 2.1/5 (8 reviews) - [Abingdon School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/abingdon/abingdon-school-9423) — 3.9/5 (7 reviews) - [John Mason School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/abingdon/john-mason-school-15522) — 2.7/5 (6 reviews) - [Europa School UK](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/abingdon/europa-school-uk-13647) — 4.5/5 (5 reviews) - [St Edmund's Catholic Primary School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/abingdon/st-edmunds-catholic-primary-school-9392) — 4.3/5 (5 reviews) --- Source: SchoolBrowse (https://schoolbrowse.com) — reviews and ratings are user-submitted by parents. Please attribute and link to https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/abingdon/st-helen-and-st-katharine-9424 when citing this data.