Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School
Primary · Teddington · TW11 9DD
Data updated
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 26 April 2023
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160 pupils · 67% of 240 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Catholic
- Free school meals
- 20% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 49.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 17% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 5.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 102916
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 10 families named it first for 14 Reception places, 0.71 first choices per place. We hold 12 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2015 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 26 April 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.71 first-choice applications per place14 places offered · 10 first-choice applications · usually has places
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.
Admissions cutoff distance: Reception
Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Teddington school admissions · Richmond upon Thames school admissions
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
26 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means
Schools with a similar intake
Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025
On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.
They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.
It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 47% (Richmond upon Thames 47%, England 60%) · Any other White background 18% (Richmond upon Thames 19%, England 7%) · Not recorded 5% (Richmond upon Thames 2%, England 1%) · Black African 4% (Richmond upon Thames 1%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Richmond upon Thames 5%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 4% (Richmond upon Thames 1%, England 1%) · Asian Chinese 4% (Richmond upon Thames 2%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Richmond upon Thames 6%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Richmond upon Thames 4%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Richmond upon Thames 2%, England 2%) · White Irish 2% (Richmond upon Thames 1%, England 0%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Richmond upon Thames 4%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 1% (Richmond upon Thames 4%, England 4%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Richmond upon Thames 0%, England 1%) · White Traveller of Irish heritage 1% (Richmond upon Thames 0%, England 0%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Richmond upon Thames: 0.47 suspensions and 0.00 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
87% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 13% left the state-funded sector
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary
Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)
53.8% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.9 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £55,408; 16.7% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
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Spending per pupil (2025-26)
Where the money went (2025-26)
Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 80% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)
Reserves (2025-26)
Revenue reserve -£269,284; in-year balance -£143,052
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared
Inspection history since 2015
- 25 April 2023: School remains Good
- 7 March 2017: Yes - improving (good)
Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 63.8% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 6.8% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 56.9% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 10.1% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 59.4% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 63.8% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 10.7% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 25.5% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 12% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 50.5% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 33.6% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 22.3% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01003838 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £625,000443 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £408,000–£1,125,500the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 1an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 5an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 16an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 4an urban school averages 6.1
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted