The Sacred Heart Primary Catholic Voluntary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.78 miles
Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Sacred Heart Primary Catholic Voluntary Academy is a primary school in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 29 April 2025. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
The Sacred Heart Primary Catholic Voluntary Academy 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 | 0.78 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 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 1 earlier figure.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.78 miles away, the 39th shortest of 256 Nottinghamshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Across Nottinghamshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance, the middle figure was 2.20 miles; here the 2026 distance was nearer than 2025's and further than 2020's.
- Reception 2026 drew 19 first-choice applications for 19 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 54% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 11% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Nottinghamshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Southcliffe Road, Carlton, Nottingham, NG4 1EQ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Nottinghamshire
- Pupils on roll
- 219 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 29 April 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils do their utmost to live up to these values each day.”
- “As a result, they achieve well.”
- “Pupils consistently demonstrate positive behaviour.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, the school does not use this information well enough to check on which parts of the curriculum are working well, and which parts need to be strengthened.”
- “In a small number of cases, teachers do not have high enough expectations of what pupils can achieve in lessons.”
- “Some pupils are given work that is too easy for them.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 June 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) | 54% | 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: 19 first-preference applications, 19 offers in total, 19 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 Nottinghamshire.
- The Carlton Infant Academy 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Carlton Junior Academy 0.2 mi Not judged
- Parkdale Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Colwick St John the Baptist CofE Primary Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Standhill Infants' School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Haddon Primary and Nursery School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Priory Junior School 0.8 mi Good
- Phoenix Infant and Nursery School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
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