Sacred Heart Catholic School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Nov 9 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
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
Southwark
Unique reference
138960
Address
Camberwell New Road, SE5 0RP

Pupils

Number of Pupils
870 (84% of total capacity)
Boys
46.7%
Girls
53.3%
First language not English
50%
Free school meals (FSM)
32.2%
Persistent absence
9.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.0%
Pupil ethnicities
African 62.4%
Other 8%
Caribbean 5.7%
Other Asian 5.6%
Other White 5.4%
Mixed 5.4%
Other Black 3.7%
White British 2.1%
Unclassified 0.7%
Irish 0.6%
Indian 0.3%
Capacity %, Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2022-2023

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
1.38
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.38
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 65%
Local authority average 70%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 71%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 58.5
Local authority average 51.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.43
Local authority average 4.75
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award20
Health StudiesTechnical Award14
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE15
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE7
BiologyGCSE21
ChemistryGCSE21
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE19
English LanguageGCSE129
English LiteratureGCSE129
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE8
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Sacred Heart Catholic School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
115
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
240
2nd preference
200
3rd preference
137
From another Local Authority
208
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
103
2nd preference
10
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
32
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2023-2024

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes19
Year 2022-2023

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
135
59
76
Year 8
129
68
61
Year 9
126
54
72
Year 10
130
64
66
Year 11
130
72
58
Year 12
102
40
62
Year 13
118
49
69
Year 2022-2023

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
96.0%
93.0%
86.5%
Further education
14.0%
21.3%
34.7%
School sixth form
72.0%
59.8%
37.9%
Sixth form college
9.0%
11.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.9%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
1.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
1.0%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
0.0%
3.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
82.0%
83.5%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
41.0%
34.4%
19.7%
Russell Group
35.0%
32.3%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.7%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
0.5%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
5.0%
1.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020
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