The Sacred Heart Language College

The Sacred Heart Language College is a dynamic, outstanding 11-16 Catholic learning community for girls. The school was founded in 1907 and developed by the Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions. Today we continue to build upon a strong tradition of academic excellence where Gospel values direct our everyday life. We are an inclusive, comprehensive learning community where all are encouraged and enabled to strive for excellence. This work has been recognized in our Diocesan inspection and by Ofsted where the work of our community has been judged to be outstanding in all areas for the second time. We work closely with our primary partners to ensure a successful start to secondary school and extend the seamless nature of high quality learning and academic excellence through our partner sixth form provision at St Dominic’s Sixth Form College.

At the center of the work we undertake is the belief that each person is unique, created in God’s image and with a variety of gifts and talents. It is our role as a Catholic educating community to enable each girl to develop those gifts and talents in the education of the whole person.

We are building on success in ensuring excellence for all. Our Year 11 students achieve highly which is testament to the expert teaching and high quality support that the staff of our school provides and a recognition of the hard work of the girls in their search for excellence.

We set the highest standards and expectations for all girls and expect that they will, in turn, do the same. I was pleased to see that in our last OFSTED and Diocesan inspection of our School that the drive and determination of all within our community was recognized. As a result we were designated a high performing specialist school and in addition to our work as a language college we became a Leading Edge specialist school with a particular focus on our work with gifted and talented learners.

As a Catholic Learning Community, The Sacred Heart Language College is a Christian community bound together by love and respect for our human dignity. We want to enable everyone in our community to come to a deeper understanding of Christ. We strive for excellence in all that we do. In particular, we seek to provide a high quality education that will enable all in our community to discover and use the gifts and talents given us by God.

Our work is firmly based on the Gospel values of love, respect, justice, equality and compassion. We firmly believe that these values equip our pupils to be confident and informed members of society and are inherent within British values.

The Sacred Heart Language College expects high standards from its pupils. It is a school committed to providing opportunities for success for all pupils whatever their abilities or aptitudes. Every girl is encouraged to attain her ‘personal best’ and the breadth and quality of the curriculum ensures that pupils leave as mature and confident young women, committed young adults who derive their confidence from their achievements.

Everyone should have an equal opportunity to benefit from the strength of our community. We are a multi-cultural school and think ourselves fortunate to have such a diversity of talent, culture and language to enrich our lives. We must protect this richness. Teaching staff and Associate staff all have a crucial role to play in achieving all our aims for our pupils and in ensuring the growth and development of The Sacred Heart Language College as a strong community in each academic year.

Our staff are committed to high ideals of professionalism and dedicated service. Unity and consistent practice will underline all our work in The Sacred Heart Language College.