Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Thornton Cleveleys

State-Funded School

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North WestRegion

LancashireLocal Authority

Blackpool North and FleetwoodConstituency

FY5 4HLPostcode

3.9

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Thornton Cleveleys is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Lancashire, North West.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 186 pupils. Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Thornton Cleveleys is part of The Blessed Edward Bamber Catholic Multi Academy Trust.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 10 Feb 2026 · published 5 May 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Early years
Strong standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 57%
Higher standard: 14%
Reading score: 104
Maths score: 104

Ethnicity

White

92%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Unclassified

Pupils

186

Total Pupils

48%Boys

52%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

18%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 186
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)
MAT name: The Blessed Edward Bamber 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 Apr 2016	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

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.