Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Ruislip
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Overall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School excels at making French engaging and memorable for all pupils through creative methods like phonics with actions and multilingual songs. The school celebrates cultural diversity brilliantly, giving all children exposure to French-speaking countries and other world languages. A passionate curriculum leader ensures consistent teaching quality and thoughtful vocabulary selection across the school.
Key Strengths
- Strong focus on developing listening and speaking skills in French through phonics teaching from Year 3 - pupils can pronounce unknown words correctly using learned rules
- Careful selection of vocabulary taught in manageable chunks, with memorable songs helping pupils retain words well
- Excellent cultural enrichment with multilingual Christmas performances and annual Europe Day celebrations
- Dedicated curriculum leader with passion for languages who provides strong support and training to class teachers
- Progressive grammar curriculum building from regular adjectives in Years 3-4 to irregular adjectives and verb conjugation in Years 5-6
Areas for Improvement
- Pupils struggle to apply grammar rules in written French and lack opportunities to create new sentences independently beyond structured templates
- Inconsistent pronunciation teaching due to varying teacher confidence and knowledge levels in French
- Topic-based curriculum not always sequenced logically, meaning pupils do not consistently build on previous learning
- Some pupils miss parts of French lessons due to afternoon intervention sessions
- Teachers sometimes too ambitious in classroom French use, affecting pupil learning
Extracurricular Activities
French pen-pal scheme, Europe Day celebrations, multilingual Christmas performances
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School is an outstanding school that maintains its top rating. This inspection focused on the quality of French language education provided to pupils in Years 3 to 6.
At a Glance
6.2%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 88%. Maths has declined from 90% to 83%. Writing has remained stable at around 90%.
Class Sizes
27.1
Avg class size
29.0
Infant (KS1)
29.3
KS2
13
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
96%
Near capacity
642 pupils
670 capacity
28 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Ruislip
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Admissions Demand - Hillingdon
Places available
4,230
Applications
3,462
Got 1st preference
91.6%
Got preferred school
98.7%
Primary admissions across Hillingdon (2025/26)
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Pupil Absence2024/25
4.1401%
Overall absence
6.99816%
Persistent absence
543
Enrolments
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Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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