Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school London, Islington·N7 8JN
Composite score
50.3
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#7,148
National rank
#1246
In London
#24
In Islington
Top 48%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
63%
% achieving higher RWM
8%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
51 first choices, 58 places
First choices per place
0.88
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
87
any preference, for 58 places
Applications from another council area
5%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.03
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1 per place
0.9420220.9020230.9320240.8520250.882026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
454
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
55.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
50.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
7.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
20.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£9,383
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School at a glance

Located in London, Islington, Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 454 pupils aged 3 to 11. 63% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 14.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 8% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 58 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.5%. There are about 22.1 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 56% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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