Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Swaffham

State-Funded School

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East of EnglandRegion

NorfolkLocal Authority

South West NorfolkConstituency

PE37 7HLPostcode

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Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Swaffham is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Norfolk, East of England.

The school is rated Inadequate by Ofsted. It currently serves 61 pupils. Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Swaffham is part of St John the Baptist Catholic Multi Academy Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Inadequate

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Requires improvement

Early yearsprovision

Requires improvement

Ethnicity

White

80%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

Total Pupils

44%Boys

56%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

33%

England average

27%

First language not English

23%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 61
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: St John the Baptist Catholic Multi Academy Trust

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
18 Mar 2024	Requires improvement	Inadequate	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.