The Sacred Heart Language College
High Street, Wealdstone, Harrow, HA3 7AY
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Trust
- BLESSED HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Miss Nicola Walsh
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Westminster
- Constituency
- Harrow West
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 780
- Pupils on roll
- 714
- URN
- 146245
- Local authority
- Harrow
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02088639922
About this school
The Sacred Heart Language College is a Roman Catholic girls' secondary academy in Harrow. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 714 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected The Sacred Heart Language College, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 181 | 181 | 181 |
| Attainment 8 score | 63.2 | 59.6 | 57.9 |
| Progress 8 score | +1.04 +0.82 to +1.25 | +0.56 +0.34 to +0.79 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 75% | 64.6% | 59.7% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 85% | 79% | 79.6% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 91% | 87.3% | 90.6% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 6.2 | 5.8 | 5.6 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How The Sacred Heart Language College has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Harrow average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 63.2 | 43 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 59.6 | 44.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 57.9 | 43.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 838 |
| 2023/24 | 808 |
| 2024/25 | 775 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Sacred Heart Language College compares
The Sacred Heart Language College ranked 4th of 13 secondary schools in Harrow for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 91% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 16% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 57.9 | 8.1% | 19% | 714 | — |
| Salvatorian Roman Catholic College | 54.1 | 6.2% | 24.4% | 802 | 0.1 miles |
| Hatch End High School | 43.9 | 7.5% | 36.1% | 1,226 | 1.0 miles |
| Bentley Wood High School | 58.5 | 7.3% | 29.8% | 1,393 | 1.2 miles |
| Nower Hill High School | 59 | 5.9% | 19.1% | 2,030 | 1.4 miles |
| Harrow High School | 47.4 | 8.4% | 31.5% | 982 | 1.4 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)
- 18.97%
- English as an additional language
- 53.3%
- Overall absence
- 8.1%
- Persistent absence
- 27.28%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Salvatorian Roman Catholic College0.1 miles
Secondary · Harrow
-
Hatch End High School1.0 miles
Secondary · Harrow
-
Bentley Wood High School1.2 miles
Secondary · Stanmore
-
Nower Hill High School1.4 miles
Secondary · Pinner
-
Harrow High School1.4 miles
Secondary · Harrow
Other schools in Harrow
The Sacred Heart Language College ranks 3rd of the 10 ranked secondary schools in Harrow.
- Claremont High School Secondary
- Harrow High School Secondary
- Hatch End High School Secondary
- JFS Secondary
- Rooks Heath School Secondary
- Salvatorian Roman Catholic College Secondary
- St Gregory's Catholic Science College Secondary
- Whitmore High School Secondary
- Belmont School Primary
- Cedars Manor School Primary
- Earlsmead Primary School Primary
- Elmgrove Primary School & Nursery Primary
Common questions
- What ages does The Sacred Heart Language College teach?
- The Sacred Heart Language College teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Harrow.
- Who is the headteacher of The Sacred Heart Language College?
- The headteacher of The Sacred Heart Language College is Miss Nicola Walsh, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has The Sacred Heart Language College been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Sacred Heart Language College, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at The Sacred Heart Language College?
- The Sacred Heart Language College has 714 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is The Sacred Heart Language College full?
- The Sacred Heart Language College has capacity for 780 pupils and 714 on roll (92%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is The Sacred Heart Language College a faith school?
- Yes. The Sacred Heart Language College is designated Roman Catholic, in the Archdiocese of Westminster.
- Is The Sacred Heart Language College a selective school?
- No. The Sacred Heart Language College is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is The Sacred Heart Language College part of an academy trust?
- The Sacred Heart Language College is part of BLESSED HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have The Sacred Heart Language College's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 63.2 in 2022/23 and 57.9 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does The Sacred Heart Language College compare with other schools in Harrow?
- The Sacred Heart Language College ranked 4th of 13 secondary schools in Harrow for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 91% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 16% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is The Sacred Heart Language College's absence rate?
- The Sacred Heart Language College's overall absence rate is 8.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Sacred Heart Language College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Sacred Heart Language College'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 10 July 2026.