The Sacred Heart Language College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
No rating
Gender
Girls
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
Harrow
Unique reference
146245
Address
High Street, Wealdstone, HA3 7AY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
808 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
0.0%
Girls
100.0%
First language not English
50.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
15.6%
Persistent absence
20.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.3%
Pupil ethnicities
Other White 19.4%
Other Asian 16.1%
White British 14.9%
African 13.6%
Indian 8.3%
Mixed 7.8%
Irish 4.7%
Caribbean 3.3%
Other 3.1%
Unclassified 2.8%
Chinese 2.6%
Other Black 2.1%
Pakistani 1.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
1.04
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.45
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 91%
Local authority average 67%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 75%
Local authority average 56%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 63.2
Local authority average 51.6
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 6.16
Local authority average 4.76
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award14
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE20
BiologyGCSE55
ChemistryGCSE56
ChineseGCSE5
Classical CivilisationGCSE21
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE15
Design & TechnologyGCSE10
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Sacred Heart Language College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
157
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
93
2nd preference
80
3rd preference
56
From another Local Authority
94
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
93
2nd preference
28
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
25
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 classes25.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
147
0
147
Year 8
151
0
151
Year 9
148
0
148
Year 10
181
0
181
Year 11
181
0
181
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
94.0%
94.6%
86.5%
Further education
16.0%
27.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
16.0%
55.5%
37.9%
Sixth form college
61.0%
10.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
0.0%
0.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
0.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
2.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.5%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022