Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Rotherham, Barnsley
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.316 miles
Published by Barnsley Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Rotherham, Barnsley for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Some aspects not as strong, from the inspection on 19 March 2025. Barnsley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 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 | 0.316 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.316 miles from the school, the 2nd shortest of 20 Barnsley primary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Reception distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and in 2023, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 had 20 first-choice applications for 18 offers; 18 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 35% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Barnsley.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Barnsley schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Lockwood Road, Goldthorpe, Rotherham, S63 9JY
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Barnsley
- Pupils on roll
- 160 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Some aspects not as strong Inspected 19 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school.”
- “The school prioritises the safety of its pupils.”
- “The curriculum provides opportunities for pupils to learn how to stay safe.”
To improve
- “In classrooms, the behaviour of pupils can sometimes be distracting for others.”
- “Some pupils occasionally speak while teachers are giving instructions and shout out answers.”
- “As a result, some pupils are not able to concentrate on their learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 May 2025 (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) | 35% | 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: 20 first-preference applications, 18 offers in total, 18 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 Barnsley.
- Goldthorpe Primary Academy 0.2 mi Good
- Highgate Primary Academy 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Hill Primary Academy 0.9 mi Good
- Carrfield Primary Academy 0.9 mi School remains Good
- Gooseacre Primary Academy 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Heather Garth Primary School Academy 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Lacewood Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Sandhill Primary School 2.1 mi Good