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The Sacred Heart Language College[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 59 59.2 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
59.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
60.8% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
22.3% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.56 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 57.9[5] 59.7%[5]
2023/24 59.6[3] 64.6%[3] +0.56[3]
2022/23 63.2[6] 75%[6] +1.04[6]
2021/22 63.6[7] 76%[7] +0.59[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
99% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form
15% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college
61% 2022/23[8]
Further education college
22% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[8]
Employment
0% 2022/23[8]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 98%[9] 12%[9] 68%[9] 17%[9] 0%[9] 1%[9]
2020/21 94%[10] 16%[10] 61%[10] 16%[10] 0%[10] 0%[10]
2019/20 97%[11] 9%[11] 70%[11] 17%[11] 0%[11] 1%[11]

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
5 Nov 2024[12]
Type
S5 Inspection[12]
Report published
17 Dec 2024[12]
Personal development
Outstanding[12]
Quality of education
Outstanding[12]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[12]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[12]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[12]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.0 Entry Sept 2026[13]
Applications (any preference)
292 Entry Sept 2026[13]
First preferences
63 Entry Sept 2026[13]
Places offered
145 Entry Sept 2026[13]
First preferences per place
0.4 Entry Sept 2026[13]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 295[13] 93[13] 148[13] 2.0[13] 0.6[13]
Entry Sept 2024 325[13] 93[13] 157[13] 2.1[13] 0.6[13]
Entry Sept 2023 300[13] 94[13] 154[13] 1.9[13] 0.6[13]
Entry Sept 2022 308[13] 102[13] 148[13] 2.1[13] 0.7[13]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–16[1]
Boys / girls
Girls[1]
Faith
Roman Catholic[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
780[1]
Trust
BLESSED HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST[1]
Local authority
Harrow[1]
Website
http://www.tshlc.harrow.sch.uk/[1]
District
Harrow[14]
Postcode
HA3 7AY[1]
URN
146245[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
775 2024/25[15]
English as an additional language
53.3% 2024/25[15]
SEN support
11.4% 2024/25[15]
EHC plan
1.8% 2024/25[15]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
19% 2024/25[15]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
33.2%[16]
Mixed
8.8%[16]
Asian
36%[16]
Black
16.7%[16]
Any other ethnic group
4.5%[16]
Unclassified
0.8%[16]

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: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    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.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. 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.