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Sacred Heart Primary School

Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school

Sedgley Road East, Tipton DY4 8UH · sacredheartprisch.com · 0121 557 1511

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Mar 2022
Key stage 2, 2024/25
59%
reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Sandwell 61%, England 62%
Last distance offered
No limit
Reception, September 2026 entry · Sandwell Council
Demand for places
1.0
first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
Pupils
418
95% of 440 places
Local authority
Sandwell
Nursery class
Yes
Free school meals
42.4%
First language not English
53.3%
School census 2025/26

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Sandwell Council’s document.

For Reception in September 2026, 40 families put the school first and 42 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 33 (Places 33)33September 2023: 48 (Places 48)48September 2024: 52 (Places 56)52September 2025: 41 (Places 41)41September 2026: 40 (Places 42)40Places 42
ReceptionPlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 202642401100%
September 2025Sept 202541411100%
September 2024Sept 202456520.9100%
September 2023Sept 202348481100%
September 2022Sept 202233331100%

Results

In 2024/25, 59% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 7% the higher standard. Across Sandwell it was 61%, and across England 62%.

Expected standard reading, writing and maths

2019/20 to 2021/22: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1922/2323/2424/252015/16: 63% (England 53%)63%2016/17: 50% (England 61%)50%2017/18: 38% (England 64%)38%2018/19: 29% (England 65%)29%2022/23: 70% (England 60%)70%2023/24: 61% (England 61%)61%2024/25: 59% (England 62%)59%England 62%
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
Reading, writing and maths
▼59%62%
●7%8%
Average scaled score
●105106
●105105
●105105

Ofsted

Sacred Heart Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 30 March 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
30 Mar 2022
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early yearsGood

Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Mar 2019

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Mar 2019Ungraded inspectionConcerns
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Feb 2015Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    Early yearsOutstanding
  • Jul 2010Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    Early yearsGood

What parents said

60% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (25 replies, to 2 January 2023).

Recommend
60%
Replies
25
6% · 2 Jan 2023
Child is happy at school▼80% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼80% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼68% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼56% agreeEngland 82%
Child does well▼72% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▲84% agreeEngland 79%
Told how child is doing▼80% agreeEngland 84%
Good range of subjects●92% agreeEngland 90%
Can join clubs and activities▼84% agreeEngland 89%
Supports personal development▼64% agreeEngland 78%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼65% agreeEngland 76%

based on the 92% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼27% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 44% who had a child bullied

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