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Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School[1]

Primary · ages 4–11

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Headline results

KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard
KS2 83% 83% 2024/25[2]

Results

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
83% 2024/25[2]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
22% 2024/25[2]
Reading, average scaled score
108 2024/25[2]
Maths, average scaled score
109 2024/25[2]
All results, 2021/22
Not published[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
Earlier years
Year Expected standard (reading, writing & maths) Higher standard (reading, writing & maths) Reading, average scaled score Maths, average scaled score
2023/24 86%[4] 17%[4] 108[4] 108[4]
2022/23 79%[5] 21%[5] 108[5] 108[5]
2018/19 85%[6] 23%[6] 109[6] 109[6]
2017/18 83%[7] 13%[7] 107[7] 107[7]

Ofsted

Latest inspection
20 Jun 2023[8]
Type
Schools with Serious Weaknesses Visit 1[8]
Report published
24 Jul 2023[8]
Personal development
Outstanding[8]
Quality of education
Good[8]
Overall effectiveness
Good[8]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[8]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[8]
Early years provision (where applicable)
Good[8]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[8]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
7 Dec 2022[8] S5 Inspection[8] Inadequate[8]
18 Dec 2018[9] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[9] No overall grade[9]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place
2.8 Entry Sept 2026[10]
Applications (any preference)
156 Entry Sept 2026[10]
First preferences
47 Entry Sept 2026[10]
Places offered
55 Entry Sept 2026[10]
First preferences per place
0.9 Entry Sept 2026[10]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 155[10] 47[10] 60[10] 2.6[10] 0.8[10]
Entry Sept 2024 126[10] 44[10] 50[10] 2.5[10] 0.9[10]
Entry Sept 2023 125[10] 47[10] 54[10] 2.3[10] 0.9[10]
Entry Sept 2022 150[10] 43[10] 58[10] 2.6[10] 0.7[10]

Admissions

Places (published admission number)
60 2026-10-14[11]
Sibling priority
Baptised Catholic children who have a brother or sister attending the school at the time of admission. 2026-10-14[11]

Character & practicalities

Type
Voluntary aided school[1]
Ages
4–11[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Faith
Roman Catholic[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
420[1]
Local authority
Barnet[1]
Website
www.sacredheartprimary.co.uk/[1]
District
Barnet[12]
Postcode
N20 9JU[1]
URN
101338[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
403 2024/25[13]
English as an additional language
16.4% 2024/25[13]
SEN support
12.7% 2024/25[13]
EHC plan
1.5% 2024/25[13]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
15.1% 2024/25[13]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
49.3%[14]
Mixed
16.4%[14]
Asian
15.9%[14]
Black
6.9%[14]
Any other ethnic group
4.9%[14]
Unclassified
6.6%[14]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines 2021/22. Period 2021/22. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quotes (2)
    We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
    This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2018/19. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. sacredheartpri.reactfiles.co.uk: sacredheartpri.reactfiles.co.uk — Admissions Policy 2027-2029 (PDF). Period 2026-10-14. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quotes (2)
    The admission authority has set its Published Admissions Number (PAN) at 60 children for the school year which begins in September 2027. (p. 1)
    Baptised Catholic children who have a brother or sister attending the school at the time of admission. (p. 1)
  12. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.