Sacred Heart High School, London

From the headteacher's welcome: "Welcome to Sacred Heart High School - an 11-18 Catholic comprehensive girls' school with Academy status under the trusteeship of the Society of the Sacred Heart. The Society of the Sacred Heart has championed the education of young women for almost 180 years."

In 2026, pupils at Sacred Heart High School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 56.2, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 56.3 in Hammersmith and Fulham and 47 across England.

63% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 65% in Hammersmith and Fulham and 47% in England.

That is down from 60.9 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.78: pupils made well above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 46.8, against 58.6 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 11.8 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 23 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and History.

For September 2026 entry, 199 families put Sacred Heart High School as their first choice and 662 named it as one of their preferences, for 195 places offered. That is slightly more first choices than places. 56 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Sacred Heart High School are West London Free School (0.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 64.2); Hammersmith Academy (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 54.9); The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial RC School (0.9 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 61.5); and Fulham Cross Girls' School and Language College (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 58.1).

Sacred Heart High School's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Sacred Heart High School is run by its own single-school academy trust.

Of the 197 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 93% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 11% to a further education college.

Of the 71 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 66% went on to university or other higher education, 1% to apprenticeships and 10% into work. 32% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

41.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (23%), Black (11%) and Asian (10%).

In 2026, 128 pupils (11.5%) received SEN support and 17 (1.5%) 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 a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

The nearest tram or metro stop is Hammersmith (H&C and Circle Lines), about 70 metres away (roughly a 1-minute walk).

32 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Hammersmith Library, 50 metres away.

In 2024/25, Sacred Heart High School issued 40 suspensions, 3.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Sacred Heart High School are Larmenier & Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School (0.3 miles), St Paul's CofE Primary School (0.3 miles), West London Free School Primary (0.3 miles) and Flora Gardens Primary School (0.4 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.