Review of St Helena's School, ICSE Pune

By Madhurie Singh, November 27, 2011

School Name	St Helena's School	Madhurie’s Rating ( 1-5) (low-high)
Area	Central Pune	5
Website	None ! Cannot fathom in the world of internet! or is it invisible !	0
Address	Susie Sohrabji Road, Near Poona Club, Pune 411001
Map Location	Map
Contact /Person	020 26124384	1
Landmark	Near GPO and Poona Club
Warning	All Girls School
BOARD	ICSE	5
Infrastructure	Big like a typical missionary run school	5
Age	age old	4
Fee	Annual Fee : Rs 35500/- approx, might have changed now	4
Transport	Not compulsory	4
Transport Fee	700/- to 1000/- per month	3
Class Society	Medium, Christians mostly	3
Donation	Yes but again not very open	0
Activities	None though Basketball team is around	1
Brand Image	Big name does not always ensure quality education any more. Also since old age schools were the only schools around, these names are the only school names that people will rattle off. So beware when getting view from local people or oldies :).	2
Management Style	Traditional and non democartic. Hardly parents, teachers and students voice is heard.	1
School Timing	Pre School, Nursery, LKg UKg	2
	Class 1 7:45am to 1 pm Class 2 – class X,	2
Teachers’ Quality	Qualified teachers with traditional methodology.	2
Principal’s Views	No met but was not keen too	3
Philosophy of school	Traditional not ready for tomorrow's world	2
Curriculum	Prescribed books for ICSE	3
Boarding		0
Past Experience		4
Current Classes	LKG, UKg, Class 1- to Class 10	5
Class Strength	50-60	1
Teacher: Student	1:50, 1:60	1
Age Criteria	Playschool :2.5-3.5 yrs	3
AS on Feb 25	LKg : 3.5 – 4.5 yrs
	UKg : 4.5 – 5.5 yrs
	Class 1 : 5.5 – 6.5 yrs
Student Behavior/ Values	Girls are definitely not snobbish like St Mary's yet not very outgoing. All studies and no play shows drastically the quality.	2
Parent Teacher Association		0
Madhurie’s Rating		68 points: 48.7% Excellent School 100%-90% Very Good School 90%-80% Good School 80%-70% Fair School Can Improve 70%-60% OK School 60%-50% Bad School 50%-40% Must Close down School 40%-30%