# Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Thornton Cleveleys

Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Thornton Cleveleys is a primary school in Wyre, for pupils aged 4 to 11.

It had 186 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E149265. [Wyre](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 4 to 11
- Pupils: 186
- Council: Wyre
- URN: 149265

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection: Report card, 10 February 2026
- Safeguarding: Met
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard
- Early years: Strong standard
- Post-16 provision: Not applicable
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 60% of pupils at Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Thornton Cleveleys met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Lancashire and 62% in England.
10% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Lancashire | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 60% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 10% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105 | 104 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Great Arley School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/great-arley-school-e119878): 170 m. Special. School remains Good, April 2024
- [Thornton-Cleveleys Red Marsh School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/thornton-cleveleys-red-marsh-school-e119897): 210 m. Special. School remains Outstanding, March 2024
- [Thornton Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/thornton-primary-school-e119148): 290 m. Primary. Good (overall), February 2023. 45% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Thornton Cleveleys Royles Brook Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/thornton-cleveleys-royles-brook-primary-school-e119149): 640 m. Primary. Some aspects not as strong, December 2024. 36% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Thornton Cleveleys Baines Endowed Voluntary Controlled Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/thornton-cleveleys-baines-endowed-voluntary-controlled-primary-school-e119391): 1.4 km. Primary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Stanah Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/stanah-primary-school-e119296): 1.5 km. Primary. School remains Good, March 2024. 85% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/149265)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/149265)

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