Sacred Heart RC Primary School

Voluntary aided schoolPrimaryAges 3–11MixedRoman Catholic

Knutsford Road, Gorton, Manchester, M18 7NJ

Head Teacher · Mrs Jo Botham

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 21 September 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils330Capacity 345

OfstedGraded inspectionInspected 25 February 2025

Free school meals45.5%

Inspection on 25 February 2025. Ofsted no longer gives an overall grade.

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Reception applications close 15 January 2027

For September 2027. Apply through Manchester council, not the school. National offer day is 16 April 2027.

41 of the 43 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered45

Applications141

First choice43

First-choice offers41

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).