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Sacred Heart RC Primary School

Knutsford Road, Gorton, Manchester, M18 7NJ

Local ranking67th of 123 primary schools in Manchester
Ofsted: Good

Primary

Phase

345

Capacity

3-11

Age range

Mixed

Gender

School history and successor

Continues as Sacred Heart RC Primary School (URN 152811). Its page carries this history forward.

Ofsted Inspection

Inspected 25 February 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full

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Safeguarding standards Met
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour & attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership & management
Good
Early years
Good

Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate

Year:

KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)

2024-25
Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
75.0% nat62.0%
Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
7.0% nat8.0%
Reading (Expected)
89.0%
Writing (Expected)
75.0%
Maths (Expected)
80.0%
Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
84.0%
Reading avg scaled score
109.0 nat106.0
Maths avg scaled score
105.0 nat105.0
GPS avg scaled score
108.0
Cohort Size
44

Pupil Demographics

2024-25
Total Pupils
335
Boys
176 (53%)
Girls
154 (47%)
Capacity
345 (96% full)
SEND
20.0%
FSM Eligible
46.9%
EAL
47.2%
SEN with EHC Plan
3.6%
SEN Support
16.4%
Pupil:Teacher Ratio
21.2:1
Teachers (FTE)
15.8
Budget per Pupil
£7,030/yr

Attendance & Absence

2024-25
Overall Absence Rate
3.7% nat6.2%
Persistent Absence
9.4% nat15.8%

Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.

School Information

Type
Voluntary aided school
Phase
Primary
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Nursery
Has Nursery Classes
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Boarders
No boarders
Admissions
Not applicable

Pupil Ethnicity

2024-25
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  • Black African: 41.1%
  • White British: 16.2%
  • White Other: 8.3%
  • Asian Pakistani: 5.7%
  • Mixed White & Black African: 4.8%
  • Mixed Other: 4.5%
  • Black Other: 4.5%
  • Asian Indian: 3.8%

41.1%

Black African

16.2%

White British

8.3%

White Other

Historical Trends

KS2 Performance

Pupil Demographics

Attendance & Absence

Ethnicity Over Time

Contact & Location

Administrative

URN
134479
UKPRN
10079176
Establishment No.
3505

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