Sacred Heart Primary School
Langford Drive, Stopsley, Luton, LU2 9AJ
This school is closed (it closed in September 2024).
It was replaced by Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Headteacher
- Mrs Gabrielle Somes
- Diocese
- Diocese of Northampton
- Constituency
- Luton South and South Bedfordshire
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 407
- URN
- 109640
- Local authority
- Luton
About this school
Sacred Heart Primary School was a Roman Catholic voluntary aided primary school in Luton. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 407 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Sacred Heart Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 59 | 61 | 62 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 73% | 67% | 50% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% | 0% | 11% |
| Expected standard in reading | 88% | 75% | 65% |
| Expected standard in maths | 92% | 77% | 68% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 90% | 77% | 66% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | 104.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107.0 | 104.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.60 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Sacred Heart Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Luton average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 73% | 58% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 67% | 59.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 50% | 62.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 391 |
| 2023/24 | 407 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Sacred Heart Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 21% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 70% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 50% | 4.9% | 14% | 407 | — |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School | — | 4.5% | 17.5% | 342 | 0.0 miles |
| Stopsley Community Primary School | 73% | 4.8% | 25.4% | 479 | 0.2 miles |
| Ramridge Primary School | 56% | 3.7% | 32.4% | 472 | 0.3 miles |
| Someries Junior School | 67% | 3.6% | 21.3% | 238 | 0.6 miles |
| Someries Infant School and Early Childhood Education Centre | — | 3.3% | 9.2% | 321 | 0.6 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 14%
- English as an additional language
- 33.4%
- Overall absence
- 4.9%
- Persistent absence
- 10.4%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Luton
-
Stopsley Community Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Luton
-
Ramridge Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Luton
-
Someries Junior School0.6 miles
Primary · Luton
-
Someries Infant School and Early Childhood Education Centre0.6 miles
Primary · Luton
Other schools in Luton
- Beech Hill Community Primary School Primary
- Beechwood Primary School Primary
- Bramingham Primary School Primary
- Bushmead Primary & Nursery School Primary
- Caddington Village School Primary
- Chalton Lower School Primary
- Chantry Primary Academy Primary
- Cockernhoe Endowed CofE Primary School Primary
- Crawley Green Infant School Primary
- Cutenhoe Hill Primary School ( Formerly Surrey Street) Primary
- Dallow Primary School Primary
- Denbigh Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Sacred Heart Primary School teach?
- Sacred Heart Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Luton.
- Has Sacred Heart Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Sacred Heart Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Sacred Heart Primary School?
- Sacred Heart Primary School had 407 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Sacred Heart Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 73% in 2022/23 and 50% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Sacred Heart Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Sacred Heart Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 September 2024.