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Sacred Heart Catholic School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 950Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 138960URN

Camberwell New Road, London, SE5 0RP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Nov 2023 Previous framework

Outstanding
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
6.0per place
2.9 above Southwark median (3.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Southwark

686 applications for 115 places · 3rd of 18 in Southwark
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
57.4of 90
4th of 20 in Southwark
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding · 8 November 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth form provisionOutstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
6.0applications per place, Year 7
2.9 above Southwark median (3.1) 3.7 above England median (2.2)

686 applications · 115 places offered · 238 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 6.0; Southwark median median 3.1
  2. 2025 6.6; Southwark median median 3.1
  3. 2024 6.5; Southwark median median 3.1
  4. 2023 6.4; Southwark median median 3.2
  5. 2022 6.7; Southwark median median 3.1
  6. 2021 7.1; Southwark median median 3.1
  7. 2020 7.2; Southwark median median 3.2
  8. 2019 8.0; Southwark median median 3.3
  9. 2018 7.3; Southwark median median 3.4
  10. 2017 7.2; Southwark median median 3.1
  11. 2016 7.1; Southwark median median 2.8
  12. 2015 7.1; Southwark median median 2.8
  13. 2014 6.5; Southwark median median 3.2
More applications per place than the Southwark median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Southwark median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261156866.02382.07
Sep 20251137446.62702.39
Sep 20241157506.52592.25
Sep 20231157376.42402.09
Sep 20221157756.72542.21
Sep 20211158167.12622.28
Sep 20201158247.22552.22
Sep 20191149118.02562.25
Sep 20181158377.32372.06
Sep 20171168407.22472.13
Sep 20161158157.12261.97
Sep 20151148047.12652.32
Sep 20141157466.52241.95

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

137 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)57.44th of 20 in Southwark
Grade 5 or above in English and maths70%3rd of 20 in Southwark
Grade 4 or above in English and maths87%
  • This school
  • Southwark median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+1.24
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)13757.470%87%–
2024/2512958.070%88%–
2023/2412558.174%92%+1.24
2022/2312958.571%82%+1.38

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

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  • Expected standard
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  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
138960 · 210/5405
Trust
Sacred Heart Catholic School
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
750 pupils · 950 on roll
Free school meals
50.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 November 2012
Replaced
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Secondary School (URN 100860)
Address
Camberwell New Road, London, SE5 0RP
Local authority
Southwark

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources