Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school London, Barnet·N20 9JU
Composite score
79.6
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#780
National rank
#253
In London
#16
In Barnet
Top 5%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
83%
% achieving higher RWM
22%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
47 first choices, 55 places
First choices per place
0.85
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
156
any preference, for 55 places
Applications from another council area
4%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.07
00.511.5
1 per place
0.7420220.8720230.8820240.7820250.852026

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

Every child who put Sacred Heart Roman 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
403
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
15.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
16.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
10.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,443
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School is a primary school serving London, Barnet, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 403 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School 'Good'. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 83% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That is down 3.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 5% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 109 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 22% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 47 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.3%. There are about 22.4 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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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