Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

State-Funded School

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North WestRegion

LancashireLocal Authority

Pendle and ClitheroeConstituency

BB8 7JRPostcode

8.1

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 5–11, located in Lancashire, North West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 216 pupils. Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is part of ROMERO CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 81%
Higher standard: 9%
Reading score: 106
Maths score: 107

Ethnicity

White

97%

Asian

<1%

Black

<1%

Mixed

Pupils

216

Total Pupils

52%Boys

48%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

12%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 5 – 11
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 216
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)
MAT name: ROMERO CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 4 June 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
28 Dec 2012	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.