Sacred Heart Catholic High School
Fenham Hall Drive, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE4 9YH
1,424 pupils · 101% of 1,405 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11–18
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- BISHOP BEWICK CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST
- Local authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 42.4%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2024) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 3 December 2024, published 15 January 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 52.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 53.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 76.8% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 36.2% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Oversubscribed — 1.43 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 225 | 322 | 575 | 225 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 253 | 342 | 610 | 253 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 224 | 342 | 601 | 224 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 222 | 330 | 561 | 222 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 225 | 382 | 605 | 225 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 225 | 374 | 588 | 225 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 225 | 409 | 630 | 225 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 223 | 351 | 534 | 223 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- St Cuthbert's High School 1.1 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Kenton School 2.5 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Studio West 2.9 km · No overall grade (2024)
- North East Futures UTC 3.3 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Kingsmeadow Community School 3.6 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- Callerton Academy 3.7 km · Good (2024) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.