Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy

State-Funded School

sacred-heart-catholic-voluntary-academy-leicester-east-midlands

East MidlandsRegion

LeicesterLocal Authority

Leicester EastConstituency

LE5 3HHPostcode

7.4

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Leicester, East Midlands.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 310 pupils. Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy is part of ST THOMAS AQUINAS CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 6 Jan 2026 · published 11 Feb 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

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

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 70%
Higher standard: 10%
Reading score: 106
Maths score: 107

Ethnicity

White

10%

Asian

66%

Black

16%

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

Pupils

310

Total Pupils

49%Boys

51%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

21%

England average

27%

First language not English

76%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 310
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: ST THOMAS AQUINAS CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
19 Dec 2021	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
22 Mar 2018	Requires improvement	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Requires improvement

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.