Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · London, Barnet
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From London Borough of Barnet · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2015–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School is a primary school in London, Barnet for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 20 June 2023. Barnet has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 1.985 mi |
| Reception 2015 | 0.751 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place, whereas places ran out in both earlier years with a published outcome, 2015 and 2025.
- In 2024/25, 83% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 22% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 drew 47 first-choice applications for 55 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 8 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- There are 22.6 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 19.3 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Barnet.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Barnet schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- 2 Oakleigh Park South, Whetstone, London, N20 9JU
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Barnet
- Pupils on roll
- 408 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 20 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy their time at Sacred Heart.”
- “Staff know pupils and their families well and relationships are warm and respectful.”
- “Pupils are confident to share any worries they may have.”
To improve
- “While teachers check what pupils know and remember, this is not consistent.”
- “Errors and misconceptions are not routinely identified and, therefore, persist in some pupils’ work.”
- “However, the books these pupils read are not consistently well matched to the sounds they know.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 July 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 83% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 47 first-preference applications, 55 offers in total, 47 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Barnet.
- All Saints' CofE Nursery and Primary School N20 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Queenswell Infant & Nursery School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Queenswell Junior School 0.4 mi School remains Good
- Church Hill School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Alma Primary 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St John's CofE Primary and Nursery School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Brunswick Park Primary and Nursery School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's CofE Primary School, East Barnet 0.7 mi Good Last distance published