Sacred Heart Catholic High School
About the school
Sacred Heart Catholic High School is an open secondary school in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 3 December 2024
- Published
- 15 January 2025
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Not judged
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Not judged
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Outstanding
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 52.1
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- 43.9
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 53.60%
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- 45.50%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 76.80%
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- 62.60%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 36.20%
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- 41.10%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 4.4
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- 3.93
- England
- 4.09
A levels and sixth form
Average A-level grade
- School
- B-
Average A-level points
- School
- 35.4
AAB or better
- School
- 12.00%
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
1392
Girls
100.00%
Boys
0.00%
SEN support
15.23%
Education, health and care plan
1.80%
English as an additional language
21.60%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
37.75%
Overall absence
9.54
Persistent absence
26.36
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
224
Sustained education or employment
96%
Education
92%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
3%
Not sustained
3%
After 16–18 study
Cohort
142
Sustained education or employment
90%
Higher education
61%
Further education
5%
Apprenticeship
7%
Employment
15%