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St Bernard's Catholic Primary School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 201Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • 148942URN

Station Road, Shirehampton, BRISTOL, BS11 9TU · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodOct 2012
Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Jan 2025
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.4per place
0.2 above Bristol, City of median (2.2)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Bristol, City of

63 applications for 26 places · 28th of 89 in Bristol, City of
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
70%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodOct 2012
Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Jan 2025

Inspection history

  1. 15 January 2025
    Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained

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
2.4applications per place, Reception
0.2 above Bristol, City of median (2.2) 0.2 above England median (2.2)

63 applications · 26 places offered · 23 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.4; Bristol, City of median median 2.2
  2. 2025 2.3; Bristol, City of median median 2.3
  3. 2024 2.2; Bristol, City of median median 2.2
  4. 2023 2.3; Bristol, City of median median 2.3
  5. 2022 2.8; Bristol, City of median median 2.3
  6. 2021 2.2; Bristol, City of median median 2.3; as the previous school
  7. 2020 2.2; Bristol, City of median median 2.2; as the previous school
  8. 2019 2.5; Bristol, City of median median 2.2; as the previous school
  9. 2018 2.3; Bristol, City of median median 2.3; as the previous school
  10. 2017 2.4; Bristol, City of median median 2.3; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.5; Bristol, City of median median 2.3; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.2; Bristol, City of median median 2.2; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.8; Bristol, City of median median 1.2; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Bristol, City of median in 4 of 5 years.
  • This school
  • Bristol, City of median

Dashed bars: as St Bernard's Catholic Primary School (URN 109246), the previous school.

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 202626632.4230.88
Sep 202529682.3260.90
Sep 202429652.2250.86
Sep 202330682.3290.97
Sep 202222612.8190.86
Sep 2021 *30652.2301.00
Sep 2020 *27592.2220.81
Sep 2019 *26652.5220.85
Sep 2018 *30692.3341.13
Sep 2017 *30732.4290.97
Sep 2016 *30762.5260.87
Sep 2015 *30662.2290.97
Sep 2014 *30551.8401.33

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 80% · Writing 80% · Maths 87% → all three 70% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard70%22nd of 90 in Bristol, City of
Reading
Expected standard80%
Higher standard37%
Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard80%
Greater depth7%
Maths
Expected standard87%
Higher standard27%
Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Bristol, City of median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2570%7%106105
2023/2460%7%105105
2022/2355%0%107103

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

Schools nearby

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School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
148942 · 801/3403
Trust
The Cardinal Newman Catholic Educational Trust
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
210 pupils · 201 on roll
Free school meals
26.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 March 2022
Replaced
St Bernard's Catholic Primary School (URN 109246)
Address
Station Road, Shirehampton, BRISTOL, BS11 9TU
Local authority
Bristol, City of

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