Sacred Heart School
11 Fernhill Road Nth, Sandringham VIC 3191
Sacred Heart School is a Catholic primary school in Sandringham, VIC from Prep to Year 6 with about 274 students. Its ICSEA is 1,138, 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: a Catholic primary school in Sandringham founded by the Presentation Sisters in 1912, near Port Phillip Bay and Sandringham Village, with around 275 students. A 2025 refurbishment delivered new classrooms and a purpose-built STEM centre. It offers Italian, music and visual arts, structured literacy teaching, the Berry Street wellbeing model, before and after school care, and clubs.
Often praised
- New STEM centre
- Structured literacy approach
- Italian and wellbeing programs
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NAPLAN
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Location and nearby schools
Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.
| School | Suburb | Type | Distance | ICSEA | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandringham Primary School | Sandringham | Public primary | 0.5 km | 1,158 | 532 |
| Sandringham East Primary School | Sandringham | Public primary | 1.3 km | 1,135 | 397 |
| Hampton Primary School | Hampton | Public primary | 2.1 km | 1,168 | 598 |
| St Agnes' School | Highett | Catholic primary | 2.1 km | 1,098 | 164 |
| St Mary's School | Hampton | Catholic primary | 2.2 km | 1,142 | 194 |
| Black Rock Primary School | Black Rock | Public primary | 2.3 km | 1,143 | 443 |
| St Leonard's College | Brighton East | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.5 km | 1,184 | 1,597 |
| Moorabbin Primary School | Moorabbin | Public primary | 2.9 km | 1,108 | 562 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our Lady of Good Counsel School | Deepdene | Catholic primary · P-6 | 144 | 1,138 |
| St Gregory the Great School | Doncaster | Catholic primary · P-6 | 271 | 1,138 |
| Holy Trinity Primary School | Eltham North | Catholic primary · P-6 | 393 | 1,137 |
| St James' School | Vermont | Catholic primary · P-6 | 351 | 1,139 |
| St Michael's School | Ashburton | Catholic primary · P-6 | 222 | 1,139 |
| St Philip's School | Blackburn North | Catholic primary · P-6 | 40 | 1,137 |
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.