Sacred Heart Catholic School Catchment Area
Sacred Heart Catholic School is an academy converter primary school in Paignton, Torbay , serving pupils aged 3-11, with 209 pupils, and a capacity of 210 places. The school is operating close to capacity, and catchment area boundaries apply when the school is oversubscribed.
3-11
Age range
209
Pupils
210
Capacity
100%
Fill rate
Good
Ofsted 2013
Sacred Heart Catholic School Catchment Area Information
What is the catchment area for Sacred Heart Catholic School?
The catchment area for Sacred Heart Catholic School is the geographic zone Torbay uses to prioritise admissions when this primary school receives more applications than it has places. Children living inside the boundary are ranked higher under the oversubscription criteria, after looked-after children and, in most years, faith-based criteria. Torbay publishes the exact boundary and the last distance offered before each admissions cycle, and the boundary can change year to year.
Admission to Sacred Heart Catholic School is managed by Torbay and typically includes both faith criteria and catchment area proximity. The weighting given to each criterion depends on the school's published oversubscription policy, which is reviewed annually.
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The official admissions policy, including the catchment boundary map, is published by Torbay before each admissions cycle. Always verify your address with the council before submitting an application, as boundaries can change year to year.
Find Torbay catchment area documents →Sacred Heart Catholic School: at or above its 210 place limit
Sacred Heart Catholic School has a published admission number of 210 places. 209 pupils were enrolled in the most recent data, giving a fill rate of 100%. The school is at or above its published limit of 210 places. Torbay allocates places using ranked criteria: looked-after children first, then siblings, then catchment distance. The last-distance figure is likely to remain tight if demand holds at this level.
The fill-rate figure above reflects overall demand, but the school's intake also varies by community profile. 24.4% of pupils at Sacred Heart Catholic School are eligible for free school meals, broadly in line with the national average. This reflects a mixed catchment population across Torbay.
To check whether your home address falls within the historical catchment boundary, use the postcode search tool on this site.
Torbay publishes its full admissions policy, including oversubscription criteria, the previous year's last-distance figures, and the appeals timetable, on the council's official admissions page. Find Torbay school admissions →
Sacred Heart Catholic School: School Information
- Full address
- Cecil Road, Paignton, TQ3 2SH
- Local authority
- Torbay
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase of education
- Primary
- Age range
- 3-11 years
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Free school meals
- 24.4% of pupils
- DfE URN
- 140749
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Other Roman Catholic Schools in Torbay
Sacred Heart Catholic School shares its religious character with these Roman Catholic schools across Torbay. Faith criteria typically sit alongside catchment distance in each school's admissions policy.
Nearest primary schools by distance
These are the primary schools closest to Sacred Heart Catholic School by straight-line distance, including ones across a town or council boundary. Distance is not the same as being in catchment: always check each school's own admissions policy for its actual boundary.
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Frequently Asked Questions: Sacred Heart Catholic School
What is the catchment area for Sacred Heart Catholic School? ▾
The catchment area for Sacred Heart Catholic School is the geographic zone Torbay uses to prioritise admissions when this primary school receives more applications than it has places. Children living inside the boundary are ranked higher under the oversubscription criteria, after looked-after children and, in most years, faith-based criteria. Torbay publishes the exact boundary and the last distance offered before each admissions cycle, and the boundary can change year to year.
Is Sacred Heart Catholic School oversubscribed? ▾
Sacred Heart Catholic School is operating close to its capacity of 210 places (100% full). Catchment boundaries are likely to apply when the school is oversubscribed at the next intake.
What is the admissions policy for Sacred Heart Catholic School? ▾
Sacred Heart Catholic School uses both faith criteria and catchment area proximity in its admissions policy. The weighting is reviewed annually and published by Torbay before each admissions cycle.
What age range does Sacred Heart Catholic School cover? ▾
Sacred Heart Catholic School is a primary school in Paignton, Torbay, serving pupils aged 3-11. For the latest information, visit the school's website or the DfE Get Information About Schools service.
What is the Ofsted rating for Sacred Heart Catholic School? ▾
Sacred Heart Catholic School was rated Good by Ofsted in 2013. Full inspection reports are available at reports.ofsted.gov.uk.