Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Battersea admissions: how far away places were offered

Reception offers at Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Battersea, year by year

• “No cut-off” means every applicant was offered a place at the school or at a school they ranked higher, so places never ran out on distance.

Things to know before you apply for September 2027

• In each of 2022 to 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place here or at a school they ranked higher.
• Catholic children have priority; applying under categories 2 and 3 needs a Certificate of Catholic Practice and/or a baptism certificate, taken to the school.
• Within each category, ties are broken first by a sibling at the school, then by medical or social need, then by distance.
• There is no separate sibling criterion.

Ofsted inspection

At its graded inspection on 20 June 2023, Ofsted’s overall judgement of Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Battersea was Good.

• This inspection was under Ofsted’s previous framework. Since 10 November 2025 Ofsted publishes report cards instead, and says the new grades can’t be compared with the old ones. How Ofsted grades schools
• From Ofsted’s data as at 30 September 2026. An inspection after that date may not be shown yet: the full report on Ofsted’s website is always the latest.

Read the full report on Ofsted’s website Source: Management information - state-funded schools - latest inspections as at 30 Sep 2026 (Ofsted, published 16 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Admission criteria at Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Battersea

If more children apply than there are places, the 2026 rules offer places in this order.

1. Looked-after and previously looked-after Catholic children (adopted, or under a child arrangements or special guardianship order).
2. Baptised Catholic children with a Certificate of Catholic Practice signed by the parish priest (regular Mass attenders ranked before occasional, then irregular).
3. Other baptised Catholic children (baptism certificate or evidence of reception into the Catholic Church required).
4. Other looked-after and previously looked-after children.
5. Children enrolled in the catechumenate (evidence of enrolment required).
6. Children who are members of Eastern Orthodox Churches (evidence of baptism required).
7. Children who are members of other faiths, Churches and denominations (evidence of baptism, dedication or membership required).
8. Any other children, in order of straight-line distance from home to the central point of the school site.

Where a year’s rules are missing from our data, we use the nearest year’s.

Read the official admission rulesThe Federation of Sacred Heart & St Mary's RC Primary School, Battersea: admissions policy 2027-2028. The school’s own published arrangements always take priority over our summary.