St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School

State-Funded School

st-bernadette-catholic-secondary-school-bristol-south-west

South WestRegion

BristolLocal Authority

Bristol SouthConstituency

BS14 9LSPostcode

3.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–16, located in Bristol, South West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 753 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 44.5
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 37.7%
EBacc average point score: 3.77

Ethnicity

White

72%

Asian

Black

10%

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

Pupils

753

Total Pupils

46%Boys

54%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

27%

England average

27%

First language not English

11%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 16
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 753
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 8 January 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
3 Dec 2018	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.