Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Henley-on-Thames
Ofsted: Expected standardVoluntary aided school · Primary
Henley-on-Thames · RG9 1SL · Oxfordshire
Ages 4–11
- KS277%
- Absence6.3%
- FSM19.4%
- Demand1.00
0.5 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: School remains GoodURN 123041
Valley Road School
Community school · Henley-on-Thames · RG9 1RR
Ages 4–11 · 165 pupils · Oxfordshire
Ofsted
School remains Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
80%
Overall absence
3.5%
Admissions demand
0.87 · Often has places
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2022-05-09
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)80%
Higher standard (RWM)17%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 108.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 107.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 106.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence3.5%
Persistent absence (10%+)7.2%
Unauthorised0.5%
- Authorised absence
- 3.0%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 153
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.87 · Often has places
1st preferences
27
Places offered
31
1st-preference offers
27
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 88
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 31
- Applications from outside LA
- 3
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 2
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill79%
165 pupils · 210 places
- Pupils on roll
- 165
- Boys / girls
- 99 / 66
- School capacity
- 210
- Capacity fill
- 165 / 210 (79%)
- Free school meals
- 4.2%
- FSM pupils
- 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Mr Tim Coulson
Location
- Address
- Valley Road, Valley Road School
- Postcode
- RG9 1RR
- Town
- Henley-on-Thames
- County
- Oxfordshire
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- District
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, 165 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 4.2%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Trinity Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: GoodVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Henley-on-Thames · RG9 1HJ · Oxfordshire
Ages 4–11
- KS244%
- Absence4.3%
- FSM2.7%
- Demand1.00
0.7 miles away
Academy converter · Primary
Henley-on-Thames · RG9 2HL · Oxfordshire
Ages 4–11
- FSM18.5%
0.8 miles away
Shiplake Church of England School
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary aided school · Primary
Henley-on-Thames · RG9 4DN · Oxfordshire
Ages 2–11
- KS281%
- Absence3.8%
- FSM3.2%
- Demand1.00
2.1 miles away
Peppard Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: Expected standardVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Henley-on-Thames · RG9 5JU · Oxfordshire
Ages 4–11
- KS238%
- Absence5.9%
- FSM8.2%
- Demand1.00
2.5 miles away
Sonning Common Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Reading · RG4 9RJ · Oxfordshire
Ages 4–11
- KS273%
- Absence5.2%
- FSM19.5%
- Demand1.00
2.8 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Tim Coulson
- Telephone
- 01491573784