Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Hastings
Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5NA
This school is closed (it closed in April 2026).
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 Sue Allen
- Diocese
- Diocese of Arundel and Brighton
- Constituency
- Hastings and Rye
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 196
- URN
- 114575
- Local authority
- East Sussex
- Website
- School website
About this school
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Hastings was a Roman Catholic voluntary aided primary school in Hastings. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 196 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Hastings 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 | 31 | 54 | 32 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 58% | 39% | 44% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 16% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 87% | 69% | 72% |
| Expected standard in maths | 65% | 63% | 53% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 84% | 69% | 66% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 101.0 | 99.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +3.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.60 | - | - |
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 Catholic Primary School, Hastings has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | East Sussex average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 58% | 54.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 39% | 56.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 44% | 57.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 239 |
| 2023/24 | 234 |
| 2024/25 | 208 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Hastings compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 15% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 81% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 44% | 4.2% | 15.9% | 196 | — |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School | — | — | — | — | 0.0 miles |
| Dudley Infant Academy | — | 6% | 31% | 169 | 0.1 miles |
| Ark Castledown Primary Academy | 78% | 6.4% | 58.4% | 403 | 0.3 miles |
| All Saints CofE Junior Academy | 63% | 5.4% | 31.8% | 222 | 0.3 miles |
| Mulberry Baird Primary | 56% | 7.8% | 50.5% | 276 | 0.5 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 15.87%
- English as an additional language
- 16.3%
- Overall absence
- 4.19%
- Persistent absence
- 7.65%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Hastings
-
Dudley Infant Academy0.1 miles
Primary · Hastings
-
Ark Castledown Primary Academy0.3 miles
Primary · Hastings
-
All Saints CofE Junior Academy0.3 miles
Primary · Hastings
-
Mulberry Baird Primary0.5 miles
Primary · Hastings
Other schools in Hastings
- All Saints CofE Junior Academy Primary
- Ark Blacklands Primary Academy Primary
- Ark Castledown Primary Academy Primary
- Christ Church CofE Primary and Nursery Academy Primary
- Dudley Infant Academy Primary
- Guestling Bradshaw Church of England Primary School Primary
- Mulberry Baird Primary Primary
- Ore Village Primary Academy Primary
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Primary
- Sandown Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Westfield School Primary
- Ark Alexandra Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Hastings teach?
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Hastings taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Hastings.
- Has Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Hastings been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Hastings 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 big is Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Hastings?
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Hastings had 196 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Hastings's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 58% in 2022/23 and 44% 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 Catholic Primary School, Hastings's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Hastings'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 June 2026.