Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy
Mere Close, Leicester, LE5 3HH
310 pupils · 84% of 371 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Trust
- ST THOMAS AQUINAS CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Free school meals
- 21.3%
Ofsted
Expected standard (2026) — Report card — the most common grade across the inspected areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Safeguarding | Met |
Inspected 6 January 2026, published 11 February 2026. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 66% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 9% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1 first-choice application per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 23 | 23 | 31 | 23 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 15 | 15 | 21 | 15 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 26 | 26 | 34 | 26 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 25 | 24 | 31 | 24 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 36 | 37 | 46 | 36 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 44 | 42 | 64 | 43 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 54 | 50 | 63 | 50 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 60 | 51 | 68 | 55 |
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
- Bridge Junior School 0.1 km · Requires improvement (2022) · previous system
- Green Lane Infant School 0.2 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Shenton Primary School 0.3 km · Good — confirmed 2020 · previous system
- Charnwood Primary School 0.4 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Spinney Hill Primary School 0.7 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Highfields Primary School 0.8 km · No overall grade (2024)
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.