# Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is a primary school in Pendle, for pupils aged 5 to 11.

It had 216 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E149126. [Pendle](https://openindex.co.uk/pendle)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 5 to 11
- Pupils: 216
- Council: Pendle
- URN: 149126

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Standards maintained, June 2025
- Latest ungraded inspection: Standards maintained, 4 June 2025
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, 78% of pupils at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Lancashire and 62% in England.
19% 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 | 78% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 19% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107 | 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.

- [Foulridge Saint Michael and All Angels CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/foulridge-saint-michael-and-all-angels-cofe-voluntary-aided-primary-school-e119434): 780 m. Primary. Good (overall), April 2024. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Colne Park High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/colne-park-high-school-e146228): 1.1 km. Secondary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 41.5 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Colne Lord Street School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/colne-lord-street-school-e145818): 1.1 km. Primary. Good (overall), January 2023. 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [West Street Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/west-street-community-primary-school-e119174): 1.1 km. Primary. Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Park Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/park-primary-school-e119172): 1.2 km. Primary. Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Newtown Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/newtown-nursery-school-e119090): 1.2 km. Nursery. School remains Good, January 2023

## 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/149126)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/149126)

## How to cite

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