Receiving our HPL reaccreditation

Some comments from the feedback are included below:

'Sacred Heart High School is restless, reflective and single-mindedly committed to providing an environment that supports learning for all students.'

'The emphasis on research and on implementing evidence-based approaches is also notable, as are the high expectations that staff have for themselves and their students.'

'The commitment of the SEN and the behaviour and inclusion departments to ensuring that students do not have barriers to their learning is impressive.'

'Pupils are highly impressive. Staff described them as having ‘a reverence for learning’, ‘high standards for themselves’, and being ‘ambitious’, ‘enquiring’, ‘kind’ and well-behaved’. I noted all those aspects from the student leaders, in the lessons that I observed, in the corridors, in assembly.'

'The students are impressive. In lessons they were keen to study and to learn, and they were able to explain how teachers’ feedback gave them the information that they needed to improve moving forward....They were also clearly proud of their school. As one of them said, ‘we are a community, but we are all individuals. Each of us is special.’  

The HPL commitment and belief that all students can perform highly, sits well with the long-standing philosophy of Sacred Heart Education, valuing each and every student individually, recognising that they all have gifts and talents, and valuing them for who they are.  As Madeleine Sophie Barat said 'For the sake of one child, I would have founded the Society'.  We educate individuals not a collective.