Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School
Ofsted: Good
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Hastings, TN35 5NA
- Distance
- 0.4km away
Ark Castledown Primary Academy
Priory Road, Hastings, TN34 3QT
Local ranking68th of 136 primary schools in East Sussex
Ofsted: Strong
Primary
Phase
480
Capacity
2-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Strong standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership & governance
- Strong standard
- Inclusion
- Exceptional
- Early years
- Strong standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 78.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 8.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 80.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 84.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 82.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 71.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 104.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 104.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 103.0
- Cohort Size
- 49
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 396
- Boys
- 210 (53%)
- Girls
- 186 (47%)
- Capacity
- 480 (83% full)
- SEND
- 23.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 58.4%
- EAL
- 24.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.0%
- SEN Support
- 20.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 20.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 19.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,616/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 19.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 66.7%
- White Other: 10.9%
- Asian Indian: 6.0%
- Black African: 4.2%
- Asian Other: 3.4%
- Mixed Other: 2.3%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.6%
- Other: 1.3%
66.7%
White British
10.9%
White Other
6.0%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 144083
- UKPRN
- 10064728
- Establishment No.
- 2025
- Trust
- ARK SCHOOLS
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