Admission arrangements
Our admission arrangements are published here.
School uniforms
Our uniform policy has regard to statutory guidance on the cost of school uniforms, and is published here.
Ofsted reports
Our most recent inspection was in November 2023 and confirmed that we continue to be a good school in all areas.
Ofsted Report and Covering Letter
School opening hours
We are open for 32.5 hours a week in term-time, from 8.45am to 3.15pm Monday to Friday, excluding before and after school activities. More information on our opening hours is here.
Curriculum
The content of our curriculum is published here.
Exam and assessment results
The government will not publish key stage 2 school level data for the 2021 to 2022 academic year. The last available public data is from the 2018 to 2019 academic year. It is important to note that the data from that year may no longer reflect current performance.
2018 to 2019 academic year results
GDS = Greater Depth
PROGRESS MEASURES 2018/19
KS2
Reading 1.3 (-1.1 to 3.7)
Writing 3.1 (0.9 to 5.3)
Maths 1.5 (-0.6 to 3.6)
AVERAGE SCALED SCORES
KS2
average scaled score in reading 103.7
average scaled score in maths 105.0
Our school page on the school and college performance measures website is here.
Remote education
Information about our remote education provision is published here.
Behaviour policy
Our behaviour statement and policy, including our anti-bullying strategy, are published below.
Pupil premium and recovery premium
Pupil premium is funding to improve education outcomes for disadvantaged pupils in schools in England. Evidence shows that disadvantaged children generally face additional challenges in reaching their potential at school and often do not perform as well as other pupils. More information about pupil premium is available here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium/pupil-premium
The recovery premium is additional funding following the COVID-19 lockdown to help children recover some of their lost learning from not being in school.
Our strategy statement explains how our pupil premium and recovery premium is being spent and the outcomes that are being achieved for pupils.
PE and sport premium
The PE and sport premium is additional government funding which we have used to make additional and sustainable improvements to the quality of the PE, physical activity and sport offered through our core budget. The documents below set out the funding we have received, how we have spent it, and the impact it has had.
Public sector equality duty
Sacred Heart is a very diverse, inner-city school. The proportions of our children who are from minority ethnic backgrounds, have English as an additional language, or are known to be eligible for free school meals are all well above average.
The Equality Act 2010 makes it unlawful to discriminate against anyone because of age, gender, race, disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment and pregnancy or maternity (the protected characteristics). It placed a duty on public bodies to have due regard to the need to:
- Eliminate discrimination and other conduct that is prohibited by the Act,
- Advance equality of opportunity between people who share a protected characteristic and people who do not share it,
- Foster good relations across all characteristics – between people who share a protected characteristic and people who do not share it.
Details of how we comply with the public sector equality duty, and our equality objectives, are in the policy below.
Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)
Information about the implementation of our policy for pupils with SEND is published here.
Complaints policy
Our complaints policy and our whistleblowing policy are published here.
Charging and remissions policy
Our charging and remissions policy is published here.
Values and ethos
A statement of our values and ethos is published here.