Sacred Heart School
20 Newcastle St, Newport VIC 3015
Sacred Heart School is a Catholic primary school in Newport, VIC from Prep to Year 6 with about 297 students. Its ICSEA is 1,126, where the national average is 1000.
ICSEA, Enrolments, Language background, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander share, Year range, Teaching staff, School website: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms
About this school, from public sources
Drawn from public online sources: Sacred Heart School in Newport is a co-educational Catholic Prep to Year 6 school with about 300 students, one of two Catholic primary schools in the partnered Newport and Spotswood parishes. Opened in 1901 with the involvement of Mary MacKillop, it has more than 120 years of history. Recent NAPLAN results for Years 3 and 5 are reported above national averages, with a student-to-teacher ratio of about 13 to 1.
Often praised
- Over 120 years of history
- Strong NAPLAN results
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NAPLAN
School-level NAPLAN results are published by ACARA on My School under terms that do not allow them to be reproduced here. See Sacred Heart School on My School · Why some data is missing
Location and nearby schools
Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.
| School | Suburb | Type | Distance | ICSEA | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newport Lakes Primary School | Newport | Public primary | 0.3 km | 1,126 | 550 |
| Spotswood Primary School | Spotswood | Public primary | 1.1 km | 1,117 | 269 |
| Newport Gardens Primary School | Newport | Public primary | 1.2 km | 1,106 | 510 |
| St Margaret Mary's School | Spotswood | Catholic primary | 1.3 km | 1,122 | 159 |
| Australian Islamic Centre College | Newport | Independent primary | 1.8 km | 1,032 | 151 |
| Williamstown North Primary School | Williamstown | Public primary | 2.0 km | 1,135 | 624 |
| Bayside P-12 CollegeGifted class: Gifted class | Williamstown | Public k–12 / combined | 2.0 km | — | 954 |
| Wembley Primary School | Yarraville | Public primary | 2.2 km | 1,112 | 608 |
Schools with a similar ICSEA in VIC
Same sector and type, ICSEA within 25 points. This is the comparison that separates teaching from postcode.
| School | Suburb | Type | Students | ICSEA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Augustine's School | Yarraville | Catholic primary · P-6 | 163 | 1,125 |
| St Margaret's Primary School | Maribyrnong | Catholic primary · P-6 | 441 | 1,125 |
| St Martin of Tours School | Rosanna | Catholic primary · P-6 | 463 | 1,127 |
| Holy Family School | Mount Waverley | Catholic primary · P-6 | 259 | 1,124 |
| Our Lady Help of Christians School | Brunswick East | Catholic primary · P-6 | 249 | 1,124 |
| St Joseph's School | Brunswick West | Catholic primary · P-6 | 186 | 1,124 |
About this data
Figures are from the latest published datasets and can lag the school by a year. Confirm enrolment rules and catchment boundaries with the school or department before relying on them.