# The Sacred Heart Primary Catholic Voluntary Academy

The Sacred Heart Primary Catholic Voluntary Academy is a primary school in Gedling, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 219 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E138813. [Gedling](https://openindex.co.uk/gedling)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 219
- Council: Gedling
- URN: 138813

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 29 April 2025
- Overall effectiveness: No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
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, 54% of pupils at The Sacred Heart Primary Catholic Voluntary Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 64% in Nottinghamshire and 62% in England.
11% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

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

| Measure | This school | Nottinghamshire | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 54% | 64% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 11% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102 | 105 | 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.

- [The Carlton Infant Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-carlton-infant-academy-e145093): 350 m. Primary. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met
- [The Carlton Junior Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-carlton-junior-academy-e144932): 370 m. Primary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. 78% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Parkdale Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/parkdale-primary-school-e146010): 440 m. Primary. Good (overall), November 2022. 76% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Colwick St John the Baptist CofE Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/colwick-st-john-the-baptist-cofe-primary-academy-e151765): 990 m. Primary. School remains Good, May 2024
- [Standhill Infants' School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/standhill-infants-school-e122530): 1.2 km. Primary. Good (overall), September 2023
- [Carlton Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/carlton-academy-e137085): 1.2 km. Secondary. School remains Good, November 2022. Attainment 8 of 50.2 (2025/26, provisional)

## 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/138813)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/138813)

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