Sacred Heart Catholic Secondary

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jul 12 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Redcar and Cleveland
Unique reference
142273
Address
Mersey Road, TS10 1PJ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
743 (87% of total capacity)
Boys
46.7%
Girls
53.3%
First language not English
2.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
29.6%
Persistent absence
16.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 93.4%
Mixed 1.8%
Other White 1.1%
Irish 0.8%
Other 0.8%
Unclassified 0.7%
African 0.5%
Other Asian 0.4%
Chinese 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 33%
Local authority average 40%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 56%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 50.3
Local authority average 44.3
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.24
Local authority average 3.93
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award33
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award9
Sports StudiesTechnical Award36
Art & DesignGCSE26
BiologyGCSE29
ChemistryGCSE29
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE19
English LanguageGCSE143
English LiteratureGCSE141
FrenchGCSE48
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Sacred Heart Catholic Secondary

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
146
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
154
2nd preference
68
3rd preference
22
From another Local Authority
21
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
142
2nd preference
4
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
13
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.8
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
159
76
83
Year 8
146
58
88
Year 9
145
64
81
Year 10
149
83
66
Year 11
144
66
78
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
96.0%
84.6%
85.5%
Further education
49.0%
50.5%
36.9%
School sixth form
3.0%
5.7%
35.2%
Sixth form college
44.0%
27.9%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
0.0%
2.8%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.9%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
6.7%
5.7%
Destination unknown
0.0%
2.0%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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