Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Teddington, Richmond upon Thames·TW11 9DD
Composite score
76.4
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#1,012
National rank
#305
In London
#17
In Richmond upon Thames
Top 7%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
69%
% achieving higher RWM
27%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
10 first choices, 14 places
First choices per place
0.71
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
75
any preference, for 14 places
Applications from another council area
5%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.16
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1 per place
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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
171
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
20.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
49.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
10.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,807
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School is a primary school serving Teddington, Richmond upon Thames, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 171 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 69% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That is down 5.0 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 7% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 27% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 10 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.2%. There are about 15.6 pupils per teacher. 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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