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Voluntary aided school · Stockport

St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School

  • 3–11Ages
  • 212Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • 106116URN

Foliage Road, Brinnington, Stockport, SK5 8AR · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodMar 2020
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Jul 2024
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.8per place
1.1 below Stockport median (3.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Stockport

53 applications for 29 places · 69th of 72 in Stockport
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
55%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodMar 2020
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Jul 2024
The graded inspection, 11 March 2020Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

Inspection history

  1. 12 July 2024
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
  2. 11 March 2020
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.8applications per place, Reception
1.1 below Stockport median (3.0) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

53 applications · 29 places offered · 28 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 1.8; Stockport median median 3.0
  2. 2025 1.7; Stockport median median 2.9
  3. 2024 1.9; Stockport median median 2.9
  4. 2023 1.5; Stockport median median 2.4
  5. 2022 1.2; Stockport median median 2.3
  6. 2021 1.4; Stockport median median 2.3
  7. 2020 1.8; Stockport median median 2.2
  8. 2019 1.6; Stockport median median 2.4
  9. 2018 1.8; Stockport median median 2.3
  10. 2017 1.9; Stockport median median 2.4
  11. 2016 1.6; Stockport median median 2.4
  12. 2015 1.8; Stockport median median 2.4
  13. 2014 1.6; Stockport median median 2.4
More applications per place than the Stockport median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Stockport median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202629531.8280.97
Sep 202528471.7260.93
Sep 202421391.9211.00
Sep 202326381.5261.00
Sep 202228341.2281.00
Sep 202124331.4241.00
Sep 202029531.8411.41
Sep 201928451.6351.25
Sep 201830541.8391.30
Sep 201730571.9411.37
Sep 201627441.6271.00
Sep 201530531.8341.13
Sep 201430491.6361.20

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 83% · Writing 66% · Maths 83% → all three 55% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard55%47th of 69 in Stockport
Reading
Expected standard83%
Higher standard34%
Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard66%
Greater depth0%
Maths
Expected standard83%
Higher standard31%
Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Stockport median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2555%0%106106
2023/2461%0%104104
2022/2352%0%105105

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

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  • Strong standard
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  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Voluntary aided school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
106116 · 356/3509
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
238 pupils · 212 on roll
Free school meals
50.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
SEN unit
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Foliage Road, Brinnington, Stockport, SK5 8AR
Local authority
Stockport

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources