Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Coventry·CV2 4DW
Composite score
65.2
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#2,587
National rank
#224
In West Midlands
#4
In Coventry
Top 18%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
77%
% achieving higher RWM
13%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
82%
73 first choices, 60 places
First choices per place
1.22
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
130
any preference, for 60 places
Last place offered lived
0.25 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 409 m
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.23
00.511.5
1 per place
1.1220221.3020231.3320240.9820251.222026

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

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

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

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
451
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
13.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
40.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
21.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
11.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
26.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,554
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School

Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Coventry, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 451 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. 77% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 20.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 18% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 13% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School is oversubscribed: about 8 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 73 first choices for 60 places. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 0.25 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 4.8%. There are about 26.1 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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