Beacon Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11 2BG
10 reasons to choose Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy, Loughborough
Top line
Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy, Loughborough has a Schoolsmith Score® of 67. It is one of the best state primary schools in Loughborough and one of the 3 best independent or state primaries within 1 mile.
School fundamentals
Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy, Loughborough is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 4 and 11 years. It is a Roman Catholic academy converter faith school. The school is one of the 21 members of St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Multi Academy Trust. The school was also rated as Good by Ofsted in its last (2016) inspection. Reception places are sometimes oversubscribed, on first preference.
Average class size
Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy, Loughborough has one class per year, and an average class size of 30 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy, Loughborough ranks in the top 36% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 28% of schools.
The Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy, Loughborough curriculum
School curriculum emphasises Catholic social morality and also includes PSHE, French. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and Forest School to Year 2.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with specialist teaching for sport.
Sport at Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy, Loughborough
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy, Loughborough
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Out of school hours care from 7.45am to 5.15pm provided by an external contractor.
Find another school near Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy, Loughborough
Loughborough Amherst School Preparatory School (0.4 miles); Fairfield Prep School (0.7 miles); Ratcliffe College Prep School (6.9 miles).
Holywell Primary School (1.6 miles); Hathern Church of England Primary School (3.9 miles); St Paul’s Church of England Primary School, Woodhouse Eaves (4.3 miles).
Loughborough Grammar School (0.4 miles); Loughborough High School (0.4 miles); Loughborough Amherst School (0.4 miles).
South Charnwood High School (7.9 miles); Rushey Mead Academy (9.5 miles); Brookvale High School Groby (9.7 miles).