Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Nov 22 2013 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Havering
Unique reference
137233
Address
St Mary's Lane, RM14 2QR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
820 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
0.0%
Girls
100.0%
First language not English
23.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
10.1%
Persistent absence
15.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
5.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 50.7%
African 14.4%
Mixed 9.9%
Other White 8.4%
Indian 3.9%
Other Asian 3%
Other Black 2.3%
Irish 2%
Caribbean 2%
Other 1.3%
Unclassified 0.9%
Pakistani 0.7%
Chinese 0.4%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.65
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.09
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 78%
Local authority average 62%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 68%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 57.8
Local authority average 47.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.23
Local authority average 4.26
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE34
BiologyGCSE29
Business Studies:SingleGCSE71
ChemistryGCSE28
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE22
Design & TechnologyGCSE16
English LanguageGCSE120
English LiteratureGCSE117
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE32
FrenchGCSE45
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
119
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
175
2nd preference
99
3rd preference
52
From another Local Authority
91
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
112
2nd preference
6
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
6
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes18.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
120
0
120
Year 8
120
0
120
Year 9
122
0
122
Year 10
120
0
120
Year 11
121
0
121
Year 12
110
0
110
Year 13
107
0
107
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
98.0%
88.0%
85.6%
Further education
9.0%
49.1%
35.4%
School sixth form
87.0%
37.2%
36.6%
Sixth form college
1.0%
1.1%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.7%
0.5%
Entering employment
0.0%
3.0%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
2.5%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
5.7%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.8%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
81.0%
76.6%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
34.0%
33.2%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
0.3%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
4.7%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021