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Sacred Heart Catholic School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 57 57.4 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
57.4 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
70.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
20.4% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+1.24 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 58[6] 69.8%[6]
2023/24 58.1[4] 73.6%[4] +1.24[4]
2022/23 58.5[7] 71%[7] +1.38[7]
2021/22 62.7[8] 80%[8] +1.28[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
12.2% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 B-[10] 13.5%[10]
2022/23 B-[11] 9.2%[11]
2021/22 B+[12] 33.9%[12]
2018/19 B-[13] 18.5%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
98% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
71% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
19% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
5% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[14]
Employment
1% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 98%[15] 81%[15] 6%[15] 8%[15] 0%[15] 2%[15]
2020/21 99%[16] 72%[16] 9%[16] 14%[16] 2%[16] 2%[16]
2019/20 97%[17] 63%[17] 22%[17] 10%[17] 1%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 99%[18] 66%[18] 9%[18] 21%[18] 1%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
97% 2022/23[19]
Education
82% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
7% 2022/23[19]
Employment
8% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 95%[20] 80%[20] 2%[20] 14%[20]
2020/21 97%[21] 88%[21] 3%[21] 6%[21]
2019/20 91%[22] 80%[22] 5%[22] 7%[22]
2018/19 90%[23] 79%[23] 1%[23] 9%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
90% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
42% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
35% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 91%[26] 51%[26]
2019/20 82%[25] 41%[25] 35%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 91%[27] 43%[27] 40%[27] 1%[27]
2017/18 92%[28] 45%[28] 36%[28] 0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
8 Nov 2023[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
18 Jan 2024[29]
Personal development
Outstanding[29]
Quality of education
Outstanding[29]
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[29]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
6.0 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Applications (any preference)
686 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences
238 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Places offered
115 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences per place
2.1 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 744[30] 270[30] 113[30] 6.6[30] 2.4[30]
Entry Sept 2024 750[30] 259[30] 115[30] 6.5[30] 2.3[30]
Entry Sept 2023 737[30] 240[30] 115[30] 6.4[30] 2.1[30]
Entry Sept 2022 775[30] 254[30] 115[30] 6.7[30] 2.2[30]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Faith
Roman Catholic[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
750[1]
Trust
SACRED HEART CATHOLIC SCHOOL[1]
Local authority
Southwark[1]
Website
www.sacredheart.southwark.sch.uk[1]
District
Southwark[31]
Postcode
SE5 0RP[1]
URN
138960[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
903 2024/25[32]
English as an additional language
45.3% 2024/25[32]
SEN support
7.6% 2024/25[32]
EHC plan
3.1% 2024/25[32]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
48.4% 2024/25[32]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
6.4%[33]
Mixed
5.3%[33]
Asian
3.9%[33]
Black
72%[33]
Any other ethnic group
10.7%[33]
Unclassified
1.7%[33]

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

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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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