# St Helena School — Colchester, United Kingdom > School profile on SchoolBrowse, based on verified parent reviews. > HTML version: https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/colchester/st-helena-school-13387 ## At a glance - **Type:** Secondary - **Parent rating:** 1.8/5 from 48 published reviews - **Principal:** Serena Kay ## Contact - **Address:** Sheepen Road, Colchester, Essex - **Phone:** 01206 572253 - **Website:** https://www.st-helena.essex.sch.uk - **SchoolBrowse profile:** https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/colchester/st-helena-school-13387 ## About Our approach is straightforward and powerful. We encourage our students each day to 'Aspire, Believe, and Achieve' in order to become both successful learners and thoughtful citizens. ## Official rankings - **Ofsted (Behaviour and Attitudes):** Good — Jan 2024 - **Ofsted (Leadership and Management):** Outstanding — Jan 2024 - **Ofsted (Overall Effectiveness):** Good — Jan 2024 - **Ofsted (Personal Development):** Good — Jan 2024 - **Ofsted (Quality of Education):** Good — Jan 2024 ## Recent parent reviews - **1/5** — Pls read: Nah so basically it is bad there calling ur parents for no reason all pastoral do is call u parents u can’t open up to them and there are some teachers that are good then u have those bad one like idgf like the pissing u of a 5 sec *(Jul 2025)* - **1/5** — Student: rubbish school.drains ur mental health *(Jun 2025)* - **1/5** — Awful school: This school is the worst school I have experience awful bullying here, and the school is just broken *(Apr 2025)* - **2/5** — They don't care about your mental health: they care about a uniform more than they care about you *(Nov 2024)* - **4/5** — Nice experience: Very clean. Staff are kind and love it here *(Nov 2024)* - **1/5** — More needs to be done: I have posted a review on here before regarding my child and their awful experience at this school. But I would just like to suggest to other parents who also had children who have suffered at maybe reporting their experiences to ofsted. I know they don't investigate all cases. But maybe if enough of us report our experiences then something will be done. Or the school will be looked into at the very least. Just a suggestion as I feel this is a very dangerous place for children. From experience I… *(Oct 2024)* - **5/5** — It’s great: Idk why people say it’s bad it’s great *(Sep 2024)* - **1/5** — If you like crying until your head throbs, this is the place for you!: I've recently left this school, and let me tell you, college is treating me so much better. It was hell. I wasn't even able to attend for 2 whole years because my mental health was so bad. I literally attempted suicide because of the pressure my GCSE exams. Jesus christ, do not go here. They don't care about you. They care about your attendance. That's all. I do have an odd nostalgia for it, though. Some teachers were really doing the best they could, and that's all I could really ask for! :D *(Sep 2024)* - **5/5** — ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️: Such a fantastic school! Teachers are so kind nice and caring! *(Sep 2024)* - **1/5** — bad bad: bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad *(Jul 2024)* ## Other schools in Colchester - [The Gilberd School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/colchester/the-gilberd-school-13369) — 1.5/5 (38 reviews) - [Philip Morant School and College](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/colchester/philip-morant-school-and-college-20540) — 1.7/5 (22 reviews) - [Colchester Academy](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/colchester/colchester-academy-11983) — 1.4/5 (19 reviews) - [Colchester County High School for Girls](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/colchester/colchester-county-high-school-for-girls-13057) — 2.0/5 (18 reviews) - [Paxman Academy](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/colchester/paxman-academy-20743) — 2.3/5 (13 reviews) - [The Thomas Lord Audley School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/colchester/the-thomas-lord-audley-school-13380) — 3.1/5 (12 reviews) --- Source: SchoolBrowse (https://schoolbrowse.com) — reviews and ratings are user-submitted by parents. Please attribute and link to https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/colchester/st-helena-school-13387 when citing this data.