Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Peterborough
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.505 miles
Published by Peterborough City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2021–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Peterborough for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 26 June 2024. Peterborough has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 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 | 0.505 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.309 mi |
| Reception 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2023 | 0.571 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 1.281 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.158 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 57% 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 Peterborough.
- Reception 2026 drew 37 first-choice applications for 30 offers: 1.2 first choices per offer, the 4th highest of 56 Peterborough primary schools.
- All 30 Reception 2026 offers went to first-choice families and 7 first-choice families (19%) were not offered a place; the last child offered lived 0.505 miles away, further than in 2025.
- Free school meal eligibility is 13.9% of pupils, against a middle figure of 41% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Peterborough.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Peterborough schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Tollgate, Bretton, Peterborough, PE3 9XD
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Peterborough
- Pupils on roll
- 209 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 26 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils, parents and staff describe Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School as a family.”
- “Each member of the community is valued as an individual.”
- “The motto ‘together we live and learn; we play and pray’ effectively underpins the school’s work.”
To improve
- “In some subjects, the school’s improvements are more recent.”
- “In these areas, teachers are still getting to grips with the curriculum documentation.”
- “Occasionally, the activities that teachers select are not always as helpful to pupils as they should be.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 July 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) | 57% | 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: 37 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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 Peterborough.
- Nova Primary Academy 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Highlees Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Thorpe Primary Academy 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Eyrescroft Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Ravensthorpe Primary Academy 0.8 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Longthorpe Primary Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Lime Academy Watergall 1.0 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- West Town Primary Academy 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published