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Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMr Simon Blain

location_onSwaffham, PE37 7HL

language Visit Website phone 1760721330

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Ofsted

Inadequate

Inspected 2024

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Students

101

school

Expected Standard

43%

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Demand Ratio

0.4x

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Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School is a Voluntary aided school primary school in Swaffham, serving ages 4-11. Currently rated Inadequate by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 84% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School is a voluntary aided school in Swaffham, Norfolk, admitting pupils aged 4-11. The school has approximately 101 pupils on roll.

In 2024, 43% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined. The school ranks #223 of 304 primaries in Norfolk and #13,938 of 15,713 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2024. The school's current overall rating is Inadequate. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Inadequate, behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement, personal development Good, and leadership and management Requires improvement.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 0.4× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 26.4:1. There are no current teaching vacancies. Teacher turnover in the previous year was 38.1%.

In the 2023/24 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 7.4 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

43%

LA 49%England 61%

Reading71% LA 69% · Eng 74%

Writing50% LA 59% · Eng 72%

Maths57% LA 64% · Eng 73%

Read SS

100

Maths SS

102

GPS SS

103

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

10%

LA 49%England 60%

Reading60% LA 67% · Eng 73%

Writing10% LA 61% · Eng 71%

Maths20% LA 63% · Eng 73%

Read SS

101

Maths SS

GPS SS

100

Progress (0 = national avg)

-3.3

Read

LA -0.8

-7.7 to 1.0

-8.0

Write

LA -1.7

-12.2 to -3.8

-7.7

Maths

LA -1.5

-11.8 to -3.6

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

LA 58%England 65%

Reading-% LA 68% · Eng 73%

Writing-% LA 73% · Eng 78%

Maths-% LA 71% · Eng 79%

Read SS

Maths SS

GPS SS

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

LA -0.9

Write

LA -1.1

Maths

LA -1.5

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

Inspection Report

31 August 2024

Inspection Report

07 February 2024

Inspection Report

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Inspection Report

Inspection History

1 Evaluations

2024-02-07

S5 Inspection EIF

Inadequate

Education

Inadequate

Behaviour

Requires improvement

Development

Good

Leadership

Requires improvement

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

0.0%per term

sentiment_satisfied Below Average (Good)

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.0%(0 pupils)

Summer term 2024

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.063% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Summer term of 2024, this school served a headcount of 103 pupils. During this period, there were 0 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 0.0%, which is below the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg	Perm. Excl.
2023/24 (Summer term)	103	0	0.0%	0.8%	0
2023/24 (Spring term)	110	0	0.0%	0.7%	0
2023/24 (Autumn term)	113	25	22.1%	0.8%	0
2022/23 (Summer term)	96	4	4.2%	0.7%	0
2022/23 (Spring term)	101	8	7.9%	0.6%	1
2022/23 (Autumn term)	102	11	10.8%	0.6%	0
2021/22 (Summer term)	103	8	7.8%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Spring term)	104	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Autumn term)	105	2	1.9%	0.5%	0
2020/21 (Summer term)	99	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2020/21 (Spring term)	92	0	0.0%	0.1%	0
2020/21 (Autumn term)	84	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Summer term)	82	0	0.0%	0.0%	0
2019/20 (Spring term)	82	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Autumn term)	75	0	0.0%	0.6%	0