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Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School

Academy converter in Coventry, CV2 4DW, taking ages 3 to 11, 453 on roll.

No current grade Ofsted
0.25 mi Admitted from, latest published year
108% Full, over capacity
77.0% Met the expected standard, 2024/25

Will an address get in?

In the latest published round, the furthest child offered a place lived 0.25 miles away.

Applying for September 2027? Primary applications close 15 January 2027; offers on 16 April 2027.

The circle is 0.25 miles, the distance the school admitted from in the latest published year.

This is not a catchment area. 0.25 miles was last year's outcome, not a boundary and not a promise.
How to read this

Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.

Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children and faith criteria come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.

Real admission areas are not circular: the circle is the distance, not a boundary.

The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.

Source: Coventry, published admission distances

Two schools, both in reach

Two children, or a first and second preference? Add a second school to see where both are in reach, cheapest districts first. Only a school with a published distance can be added.

If the answer is no, you can appeal. In Coventry, 83 of 355 secondary appeals succeeded in 2025 (23.4%; England 19.9%), counted for all the council's schools together. How every council compares.

Other schools nearby with a published distance

The closest schools to Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.

The distance as a picture

Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School catchment area map: the 0.25 mile admission distance
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What kind of school this is

Religious characterRoman Catholic
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
How full 453 pupils in 420 places (108% full, over capacity)
TrustTHE ROMERO CATHOLIC ACADEMY
Local authorityCoventry

Department for Education register (GIAS).

How the school is doing

Meeting the expected standard 77.0% in reading, writing and maths (2024/25)
YearMeeting the expected standard
2024/25 77.0%
2023/24 57.0%
2022/23 73.0%

Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.

Who goes to Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School

Girls and boys47.5% girls, 52.5% boys
English as an additional language39.1% of pupils
Free school meals10.8% of pupils eligible

DfE school census, most recent published year.

Getting to Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School by bus

Best-served stop: Clements Street, 0.2 mi away, with 18.2 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 05:11, last 23:28.

Every stop within 600 m
StopFrom the schoolWeekday daytime, an hourEveningSundayRoutes
Harefield Road0.2 mi13.06.26.39, 8, 17, 17A, X30, 85
Harefield Road0.2 mi13.15.26.49, 8, 17, 17A, X30, 85
Clements Street0.2 mi18.19.58.99, 8, 17, 17A, 7A, 7

These are scheduled departures, not buses observed running. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two rows.

Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), week of 8 Sep 2026

The fee-paying alternative

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Checking the house as well as the school

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Common questions

What is the catchment area for Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School?

Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in the latest published year lived 0.25 miles away, per Coventry.

How close do I need to live to get a place at Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School?

Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 0.25 miles was enough in the latest published year, and at 108% full the school has little slack. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.

Does buying a house near Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School guarantee a place?

No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings and faith criteria ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.

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