Sacred Heart Catholic School

Type Secondary / Academy converter
Age Range 11-18
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Camberwell New Road
London
SE5 0RP
Phone 02072746844
Reference Number 138960

General Makeup

Number of pupils 862
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 47.56%
Girls: 52.44%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 41.3%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 50.7%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 17.9

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 69 67 136
8 57 76 133
9 72 62 134
10 58 72 130
11 62 63 125
12 56 53 109
13 36 59 95

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
African 59.4%
Caribbean 6.4%
Asian, Other 5.2%
White, Other 4.5%
Mixed, Other 3.5%
White, British 1.6%
Unclassified 1.6%
White & Black (African) 0.9%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.7%
Irish 0.5%
Indian 0.3%
Chinese 0.2%
White & Asian 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating Outstanding
 >  Quality of education Outstanding
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Outstanding
  >  Personal Development Outstanding
  >  Leadership & Management Outstanding
  >  Sixth Form Provision Outstanding
Last Inspection Date 2024-01-19
Date Description Report
2023-11-08 School inspection: School inspection:
2013-01-04 Academy conversion letter Academy conversion letter
2012-12-11 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2010-06-30 Interim assessment Interim assessment
2008-10-14 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2007-02-07 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2002-01-28 Full inspection Full inspection
2010-06-30 Interim assessment Interim assessment
2008-10-14 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2007-02-07 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2002-01-28 Full inspection Full inspection

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
58.1 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 73.6% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 91.2% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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Points

Points Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Average Points 36.8 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 37.2 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade B- B- C+
Average Grade (best 3) B- B- C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 9.2% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 190 4
Third Preference 134 3
From another Local Authority 202 31

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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