Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy

Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy at a glance

Located in Leicester, Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 333 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' when it was last inspected in January 2026. 66% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 4.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 41% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 9% 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 Voluntary Academy their first choice was offered one of its 23 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 7.1%. There are about 23.6 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.