Sacred Heart High School

Sacred Heart High School remains an outstanding educational institution, demonstrating strong leadership and a well-structured curriculum that equips students with essential knowledge and skills. The school's harmonious atmosphere fosters thoughtful and confident learners, supported by teachers who provide outstanding guidance. The commitment to personal development and academic excellence is reflected in the high-quality educational experience offered to all students, including those with special educational needs.

Strengths

• Strong leadership fostering high expectations and ambition.
• Well-structured curriculum supported by high-quality professional development for teachers.
• Excellent behaviour and engagement from pupils in learning.
• Robust support systems for students with special educational needs.
• Effective safeguarding arrangements ensuring student safety.
• Rich variety of extracurricular activities and strong emphasis on personal development.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Sacred Heart High School attended 93.3% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 18.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 2.6% of pupils at Sacred Heart High School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Sacred Heart High School had 16.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 21.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 11.5% of pupils at Sacred Heart High School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 1.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Sacred Heart High School received £8,950 and spent £8,870 for each of its 1,124 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £5,824,000 (£5,181 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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What is Sacred Heart High School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Sacred Heart High School is Outstanding, from an inspection in December 2023.

When was Sacred Heart High School last inspected by Ofsted?

Sacred Heart High School was last inspected in December 2023.

How many pupils does Sacred Heart High School have?

Sacred Heart High School has 1,113 pupils on roll.

What age range does Sacred Heart High School cover?

Sacred Heart High School for pupils aged 11 to 19.

What are Sacred Heart High School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 56.2, and 63% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Sacred Heart High School?

Sacred Heart High School is at 212 Hammersmith Road, Hammersmith, London, W6 7DG.