Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Warrington
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.539 miles
Published by Warrington Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Warrington for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 5 March 2024. Warrington has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 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 | 1.539 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Ofsted rated it Outstanding on 5 March 2024; in 2024/25, 42% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%).
- That 2024/25 figure of 42% was the lowest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Warrington that have results.
- In Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 1.539 miles away, the 25th longest of 65 Warrington primary schools with a published last distance (middle 1.13 miles).
- Reception 2026 drew 25 first-choice applications for 28 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Warrington schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Selby Street, Bewsey and Whitecross, Warrington, WA5 1NS
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Warrington
- Pupils on roll
- 189 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 5 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are pillars of their school community.”
- “They proudly undertake a range of responsibilities to play their part in making the school a happy, harmonious place to be.”
- “For instance, older pupils serve as reading buddies to those in the Reception Year.”
To improve
- “However, the school has not provided enough guidance to ensure that the early years curriculum is delivered as well as intended.”
- “This sometimes impacts on children’s learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 April 2024 (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) | 42% | 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: 25 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 25 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 Warrington.
- Evelyn Street Primary Academy and Nursery 0.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Warrington St Barnabas CofE Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Alban's Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Sankey Valley St James Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bewsey Lodge Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Westbrook Old Hall Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Chapelford Village Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Latchford St James CofE Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published