Sacred Heart RC 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 RC Primary School is a primary school in Manchester for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 25 February 2025. Manchester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Sacred Heart RC 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
- For Reception 2026, there were 43 first-choice applications for 45 offers; 41 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families (5%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 75% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Manchester.
- Ofsted's latest outcome, on 25 February 2025, was Not judged; the previous graded outcome was Outstanding, on 30 September 2014.
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
- Knutsford Road, Gorton, Manchester, M18 7NJ
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Manchester
- Pupils on roll
- 330 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 45.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 25 February 2025
Strengths
- “This is a school where pupils are treasured.”
- “Their academic achievement and well-being lie at the heart of the decisions that the school makes.”
- “They know that they are listened to as highly valued members of the school.”
To improve
- “The 2024 provisional outcomes show that a higher proportion of pupils than the national average did not meet the national threshold for the phonics screening check.”
- “However, due to the newness of some aspects of subject leadership, the school is still developing and embedding its leadership practice in some areas.”
- “However, sometimes adaptations to the delivery of the curriculum do not fully meet these pupils’ needs.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 31 March 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) | 75% | 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: 43 first-preference applications, 45 offers in total, 41 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.
- Old Hall Drive Academy 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Gorton Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St James' CofE Primary School Gorton 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Rushbrook Primary Academy 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Aspinal 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Abbey Hey Primary Academy 0.6 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- St Richard's RC Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Crowcroft Park Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published