Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Hastings

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Hastings, East Sussex·TN35 5NA
Composite score
28.6
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#13,576
National rank
#2023
In South East
#122
In East Sussex
Top 92%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
44%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
99.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
23 first choices, 26 places
First choices per place
0.89
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
46
any preference, for 26 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.07
00.511.5
1 per place
1.2020221.0720230.9720240.9620250.892026

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

Every child who put Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Hastings 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
208
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
15.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
16.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
10.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,780
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Hastings

Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Hastings is a primary school in Hastings, East Sussex, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 208 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. 44% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 5.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 99 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Hastings their first choice was offered one of its 26 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.3%. There are about 22.1 pupils per teacher. Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Hastings 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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