Sacred Heart Primary School

Sacred Heart Primary School at a glance

Located in Middlesbrough, Sacred Heart Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 329 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. 49% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 5.0 percentage points compared with the previous 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 104 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Sacred Heart 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 52 first choices for 40 places. Overall pupil absence was 5.3%. There are about 19.1 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 46% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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.