Sacred Heart Scholars' Programme

Pupils are selected for this group initially based on predicted GCSE grades and then actual GCSE grades. Membership is re-evaluated after every assessment checkpoint in the year.

Sacred Heart Sixth Form- Rated Outstanding November 2023

At Sacred Heart School, we enable each student to achieve more than what they think they are capable of achieving. We pride ourselves in providing an education which is not just rigorous and academic, it also develops the student as a whole beyond the curriculum, thereby enabling them to succeed beyond school:

Well-being programme consisting of workshops, day trips and team building activities
Subsidised/free cultural capital trips to the theatre and beyond (for example, Hamilton, Wicked, Somerset House ice-skating, National Theatre)
Subsidised overseas residential trips (this year alone: Alicante, Prague, Venice and Iceland)
Eligible students can apply for an extra £50 -100 in added their bursary for trips or educational materials
Free access to Uplearn in all available subjects (worth £50/subject)
Dedicated employability programme and ‘Futures Week’ including free university trips
Mentoring programmes (e.g., Black Men Teach, IN2University, Farrer & Co., HerbertSmithFreehills etc.)
Brand new common room and brand new Sixth Form cafeteria (opening TBC)
Sixth Form study room as well as well-resourced library open from 7am-5pm daily
Mandatory weekly enrichment programme
Debatemate
Support for university exams (UKCAT, LNAT, MCAT, STEP etc.)
Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award
Student Leadership Team

In addition to the above, Sacred Heart Scholars benefit from:

Medics programme: UKCAT/MCAT practice, medical school mock interviews, GOSH workshop (100% of pupils on the programme this year have received an interview)
Additional free cultural capital trips (so far this year: Ballet Shoes at the National Theatre, Mike Kelley Exhibition at the Tate Modern)
Free trip to Oxford or Cambridge University
Oxbridge interview practice
Weekly ‘Theory of Knowledge’ lesson from the International Baccalaureate Programme
Early start to the EPQ- begin in the summer of Year 11 during Scholars Taster Days and completed by the end of Year 12