Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School
4 Sporle Road, Swaffham, PE37 7HL
This school is closed (it closed in August 2024).
It was replaced by Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Swaffham. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Catholic
- Headteacher
- Mr Simon Blain
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Diocese
- Diocese of East Anglia
- Constituency
- South West Norfolk
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural town and fringe
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 110
- URN
- 147290
- Local authority
- Norfolk
About this school
Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School was a Catholic voluntary aided primary school in Swaffham. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 110 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2019, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 10 | 14 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% | 43% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 60% | 71% |
| Expected standard in maths | 20% | 57% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 40% | 57% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 100.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 96.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.30 | - |
| Writing progress | -8.00 | - |
| Maths progress | -7.70 | - |
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 Voluntary Aided 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 | Norfolk average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10% | 49.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 43% | 49.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 52.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 101 |
| 2023/24 | 110 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 11% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 9.3% | 38.2% | 110 | — |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Swaffham | 0% | 10.8% | 38.2% | 61 | 0.0 miles |
| Heartwood CofE VC Primary & Nursery School | 38% | 5% | 31.9% | 241 | 0.3 miles |
| Swaffham CofE Primary Academy | 41% | 5.6% | 29.7% | 215 | 0.7 miles |
| Sporle Church of England Primary Academy | 38% | 5.5% | 32.9% | 83 | 2.3 miles |
| Necton VA Primary School | 58% | 5.8% | 32.1% | 198 | 3.8 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)
- 38.2%
- English as an additional language
- 13.6%
- Overall absence
- 9.3%
- Persistent absence
- 37%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Swaffham0.0 miles
Primary · Swaffham
-
Heartwood CofE VC Primary & Nursery School0.3 miles
Primary · Swaffham
-
Swaffham CofE Primary Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Swaffham
-
Sporle Church of England Primary Academy2.3 miles
Primary · King's Lynn
-
Necton VA Primary School3.8 miles
Primary · Swaffham
Other schools in Swaffham
- Heartwood CofE VC Primary & Nursery School Primary
- Necton VA Primary School Primary
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Swaffham Primary
- Swaffham CofE Primary Academy Primary
- The Nicholas Hamond Academy Secondary
- Fred Nicholson School Special schools
- OneSchool Global UK - Swaffham Campus Independent schools
Common questions
- What ages does Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School teach?
- Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Swaffham.
- Has Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Aided 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 Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School?
- Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School had 110 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 10% in 2022/23 and 43% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Aided 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 31 August 2024.