Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Manchester
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From Manchester City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Manchester for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 13 July 2023. Manchester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Sacred Heart 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 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 73% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 drew 50 first-choice applications for 30 offers: 1.7 first choices per offer, the 2nd highest of 132 Manchester primary schools.
- All 30 Reception 2026 offers went to first-choice families, and 20 first-choice families (40%) were not offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility is 28.7% of pupils, against a middle figure of 55.9% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Manchester.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Manchester schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Floatshall Road, Baguley, Manchester, M23 1HP
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Manchester
- Pupils on roll
- 251 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 13 July 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School describe their school as ‘joyful’.”
- “They are happy in school and they attend well.”
- “Staff make all pupils feel welcome.”
To improve
- “However, leaders have not ensured that staff encourage pupils to read a broad enough range of high-quality texts from a range of types of books.”
- “However, some teachers do not receive sufficient information and guidance from leaders about the various starting points of these pupils.”
- “This makes it more difficult for staff and leaders to meet the differing needs of a small number of pupils.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 September 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) | 73% | 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: 50 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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 Manchester.
- Baguley Hall Primary School 0.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Newall Green Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sandilands Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Benchill Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Rack House Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Button Lane Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St. Aidan's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published