St Helen's is much larger than most primary schools. It serves an area of Newham identified as having significant social and economic deprivation. The very large majority of pupils are from minority ethnic groups of which three quarters are at the early stages of learning English. A quarter of the pupils are from refugees and asylum seeker families. The proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals is very much higher than that found nationally. When children start school, their skills and abilities are very much lower than those expected of three year olds. The proportion of pupils with learning difficulties and disabilities [LDD] is very high when compared to that found nationally. The number of pupils entering and leaving the school other than at normal times is rising. The construction of a new school building alongside the present one is about to begin.
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