Welcome from the Head Teacher
On behalf of our school family, I am proud to welcome you to Sacred Heart RC Primary School.
I am Mrs. J. Botham, the Headteacher of Sacred Heart RC Primary School, and I am delighted that you have taken the time to learn more about our wonderful school.
Rooted in our mission to serve the common good and to respect the rights and dignity of every human person, at Sacred Heart we believe that ‘every heart is sacred’. We are part of a vibrant and dynamic community in Gorton, East Manchester, where we witness God’s love through our actions: inspiring hope, nurturing love, and caring for our Common Home. Together, we strive to serve one another peacefully, joyfully, and truthfully, ensuring that everyone is able to live life ‘to the full’.
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18th September 2025
Class 5 have had a busy and exciting start to the new academic year. Everyone has been assigned a classroom job, and we're settling into our new environment and daily routines. In Literacy, we've begun exploring a captivating book set in the Stone Age, which will inspire us as we learn to write diary entries from the perspective of a character in that time. In Maths, we've been developing our understanding of place value and learning how to represent numbers up to 10,000. The children have enjoyed using Base Ten counters to explore flexible partitioning and investigate their understanding
15th September 2025
Class 4 have been working so hard on their dance topic! Today we practiced learning a routine and counting the beat Great effort everyone!
15th September 2025
Class 8 explored maths with the cuisenair rods. They showed their knowledge from adding, to step shapes, to multiplication and even algebra! Well done Class 8!
15th September 2025
Class 2 and Class 8 meeting their gardener and seed buddy
13th September 2025
Class 8 have been learning how bees and wind help pollen spread through a practical activity involving moving around the classroom spreading pollen from one flower to the next
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Mission Statement
Our school community serves the common good to the benefit of all;
where the rights and dignity of every human person are respected and
“Every Heart is Sacred”.
We support and encourage everyone to reach their full potential.
We are witnesses to God’s love through our actions;
inspiring hope, nurturing love and caring for our Common Home.
We serve each other peacefully, joyfully and truthfully
so that all
‘have life and have it to the full’.