Sacred Heart High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Girls · Hammersmith and Fulham
212 Hammersmith Road, London, W6 7DG
90
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding
No graded inspection
Application demand
67%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
93.3%
18.2% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,113
Capacity used
Over capacity140%
793 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
67%
1st preference success rate
138 of 205 families who put it first got an offer
195
Places offered
646
Total applications
3.3
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 205 | 138 | ● 67% |
| 2nd preference | 173 | 46 | ● 27% |
| 3rd preference | 121 | 8 | ● 7% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 147 | 3 | ● 2% |
| Total | 646 | 195 | 30% |
1st preference success by year
Hammersmith and Fulham lets families list 6 preferences. 457 applications came from outside the council area (137 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–19
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Sharon O'Donovan
- Address
- 212 Hammersmith Road, London, W6 7DG
- Phone
- 02087487600
- Local authority
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- Ward / constituency
- Brook Green · Hammersmith and Chiswick
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 137935
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 18% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 41% | — | — |
| SEN support | 10% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: SACRED HEART HIGH SCHOOL HAMMERSMITH
1,113 pupils · 793 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
15 November 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 995 pupils
Attendance
93.3%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
6.8%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
18.2%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
1.3%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.1%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 63.1 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.78 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 77% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 88% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 6.06 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 37.57 | — | — |
Average grade: B- (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 60.9 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 67.5% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 82% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 78.9% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.7 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 194 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 35.87 | 35 |
| Average grade | B- | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 18.9% | 17% |
| A-level students | 76 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 194 | 38% | 68% | 82% | |
| English Language | 194 | 49% | 82% | 92% | |
| English Literature | 193 | 44% | 84% | 93% | |
| Religious Studies | 192 | 58% | 83% | 89% | |
| Combined Science | 137 | 15% | 55% | 75% | |
| Spanish | 118 | 44% | 66% | 79% | |
| History | 101 | 58% | 87% | 90% | |
| Geography | 85 | 28% | 73% | 85% | |
| Design & Technology | 59 | 29% | 68% | 85% | |
| Biology | 56 | 80% | 98% | 100% | |
| Physics | 56 | 82% | 98% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 56 | 86% | 98% | 100% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 23 | 9% | 13% | 17% | |
| English Literature | 23 | 0% | 9% | 57% | |
| Religious Studies | 21 | 5% | 24% | 71% | |
| Sociology | 17 | 6% | 6% | 35% | |
| Mathematics | 14 | 21% | 50% | 71% | |
| Government and Politics | 14 | 7% | 14% | 43% | |
| Chemistry | 10 | 0% | 30% | 60% | |
| History | 8 | 13% | 25% | 75% | |
| Biology | 7 | 0% | 43% | 43% | |
| Physics | 6 | 17% | 67% | 100% | |
| Economics | 6 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Classical Civilisation | 6 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 12166: Sacred Heart High School, Hammersmith
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 74% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 4% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 78% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Hammersmith and Fulham council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.