Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Swaffham
About the school
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Swaffham is an open primary school in Norfolk.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 7 February 2024
- Published
- 18 March 2024
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Inadequate
Category of concern: SWK
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Inadequate
Quality of education
Inadequate
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Requires improvement
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 0%
- Norfolk
- 56%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 0%
- Norfolk
- 5%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 27%
- Norfolk
- 72%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 0%
- Norfolk
- 66%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 13%
- Norfolk
- 69%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 47%
- Norfolk
- 66%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 7%
- Norfolk
- 22%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 67%
- Norfolk
- 79%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 98
- Norfolk
- 105
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 94
- Norfolk
- 103
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 97
- Norfolk
- 103
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
89
Girls
50.56%
Boys
49.44%
SEN support
19.10%
Education, health and care plan
10.11%
English as an additional language
10.10%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
38.20%
Overall absence
10.78
Persistent absence
37.5