Sacred Heart Catholic High School
Secondary schoolSacred Heart Catholic High School is a secondary school in Newcastle upon Tyne, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It had 1,424 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 3 December 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Sacred Heart Catholic High School was 51.8, against 43.8 in Newcastle upon Tyne and 46.2 in England.
54.9% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Newcastle upon Tyne | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 51.8 | 43.8 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 54.9% | 45.2% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 72.6% | 61.4% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 226 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Sacred Heart Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, June 2023. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)100 m
- Dame Allan's SchoolsIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file410 m
- Wingrove Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)740 m
- Hadrian SchoolSpecial. School remains Outstanding, March 2023770 m
- Trinity Academy NewcastleSpecial. Report card, November 2025: safeguarding met, special measures780 m
- Trinity Solutions AcademySixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file820 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Newcastle upon Tyne
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).