Sacred Heart Grammar School

Overview

Sacred Heart Grammar School is described as a “welcoming and inclusive” institution where the vision is “fully embedded” and pupils are “thriving in a supportive, caring environment.” The report highlights “excellent outcomes in public examinations” and a “highly effective” community of learning, noting that the school is “committed to, and developing very effectively” the pupils’ personal faith and morality.

Strengths

• Pupils are “highly motivated, curious and enthusiastic,” displaying “exemplary” behaviour and setting “very high expectations for themselves.”
• The school achieves “excellent outcomes in public examinations,” with nearly all Year 12 pupils securing seven or more GCSEs at grades A* to C.
• A “highly effective and well-established community of learning” fosters collaboration, with “strategic and well-informed” networks enriching pupil experience.
• The careers programme is “comprehensive and coherent,” providing “highly effective” guidance that pupils find “useful” and engaging.
• Staff create “highly supportive learning environments” with “very positive working relations and mutual respect” evident in lessons.

Areas to improve

• The school must prioritise “gathering of first-hand evidence of learning and teaching” to ensure “greater consistency in the learning experiences for the pupils.”
• Opportunities for pupils to develop and apply “digital skills in everyday learning are not yet consistent across subjects.”
• The school needs to ensure KS3 pupils have “full access to swimming as part of the physical education curriculum.”
• The “open site needs to be secured more effectively to ensure pupil safety.”

Safeguarding

The report states that “arrangements for child and adult protection align to the current statutory guidance” and that pupils know “what to do, and who to speak to, if they have any concerns.”