Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Sowerby Bridge, Calderdale
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Calderdale Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy is a primary school in Sowerby Bridge, Calderdale for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 16 November 2022. Calderdale has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Sacred Heart 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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 4 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 60% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Calderdale.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, but places ran out in 1 of the 8 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 11 first-choice applications for 11 offers, 1.0 first choices per offer, the 11th highest of 76 Calderdale primary schools.
- 39.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 19.7% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Calderdale.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Calderdale schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- St Peter's Avenue, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 1BL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Calderdale
- Pupils on roll
- 150 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 39.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 16 November 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils feel happy and safe at this school.”
- “They are enthusiastic and keen to do well.”
- “The pupils are caring and thoughtful to others.”
To improve
- “However, sometimes links are not as clear as they could be.”
- “As a result, in some foundation subjects, pupils struggle to make relevant connections in their learning and do not build the secure knowledge base they need.”
- “A minority of pupils struggle to read fluently.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 January 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) | 60% | 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: 11 first-preference applications, 11 offers in total, 11 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 Calderdale.
- New Road Primary School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Trinity Academy St Peter's 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Triangle CofE VC Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Christ Church Sowerby Bridge CofE (VA) Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good
- Norland CE School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Warley Town School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Luddendenfoot Academy 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Bolton Brow Primary Academy 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published