Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School and Nursery, Liverpool

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, rugby, basketball, choir, recorder and STEM.

The school runs a breakfast club from 8:00am and after-school care until 5:30pm, from £1.50 per day.

In 2025, 79% of Year 6 pupils at Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School and Nursery reached the expected standard in reading and 82% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 72% and 70% in Liverpool and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 72% in reading and 83% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 15 families put Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School and Nursery as their first choice and 30 named it as one of their preferences, for 19 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School and Nursery are Kensington Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 68% reading, 51% maths); St Anne's Catholic Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 86% reading, 82% maths); St Nicholas Catholic Academy (0.5 miles, 60% reading, 80% maths); and New Park Primary School (0.5 miles, Outstanding, 66% reading, 64% maths).

Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School and Nursery's 2025 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

31 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School and Nursery (as of September 2025): 90% would recommend the school, 94% say their child is happy there and 82% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (97%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (82%).

35.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 83% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (23%), Black (22%) and other ethnic groups (21%).

In 2026, 51 pupils (21.7%) received SEN support and 10 (4.3%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School and Nursery had 14 teachers in 2026, one for every 16 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Edge Hill Rail Station, about 1060 metres away (roughly a 13-minute walk).

16 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Royal Liverpool University Hospital, 210 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 1467 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, drug offences and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Liverpool (342), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School and Nursery issued 12 suspensions, 5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The secondary schools closest to Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School and Nursery are Marydale Lodge Sch (0.3 miles), The Academy of St Francis of Assisi (0.9 miles), LIPA School (0.9 miles) and Archbishop Blanch CofE High School (1 mile).