SCHOOL PROFILE

Sacred Heart Catholic Academy: data, trends and context

Sacred Heart Catholic Academy is a secondary school in Sefton. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
149047
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy sponsor led
Status
Open
Local authority
Sefton
Region
North West
Trust
POPE FRANCIS CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Postcode
L23 5TF
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
613
FSM eligible
37.2%
EAL / First language other than English
11.7%
SEND (total)
19.6%
SEN Support
17.3%
EHCP
2.3%
White British
80.8%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
86.8%
Overall absence
13.2%
Persistent absence
35.8%
Severe absence
8.8%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
SeftonLocal authority89.6%10.4%5.1%
North WestRegion91.2%8.8%3.8%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
40.0%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
12.6%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.46%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
42.4
English & maths grade 5+
38.2%
English & maths grade 4+
58.2%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

See Sacred Heart Catholic Academy against 25 similar schools

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Sacred Heart Catholic Academy is a secondary school in Sefton. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.