Pupils feel safe at Sacred Heart Catholic College. Most pupils treat each other well and are happy in school. Teachers want pupils to do well. However, staff do not have consistently high expectations of what all pupils can achieve. This is especially the case for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and disadvantaged pupils. Serious weaknesses in the leadership of the school mean that pupils, including students in the sixth form, do not receive the education that they deserve. As a result, pupils and students do not achieve as well as they should across the curriculum. Leaders have taken some steps to improve pupils’ behaviour. That said, pupils are often late to lessons and staff do not deal with this effectively. Too often, some pupils behave poorly in lessons or around the school. This disrupts other pupils’ learning. Pupils are confident that staff manage any incidents of bullying appropriately when they occur. Many pupils enjoy being involved in the wider life of the school. Through charity events such as the annual ‘5K run’, they demonstrate their commitment to the school’s values of ‘effort, kindness, community spirit and empathy’. Pupils described the rich programme of sporting activities available to them.