St Bernard's Catholic Primary School

State-Funded School

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South WestRegion

BristolLocal Authority

Bristol North WestConstituency

BS11 9TUPostcode

5.6

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Bernard's Catholic Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Bristol, South West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 201 pupils. St Bernard's Catholic Primary School is part of THE CARDINAL NEWMAN CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Academic Performance

Around average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 60%
Higher standard: 7%
Reading score: 105
Maths score: 105

Ethnicity

White

74%

Asian

Black

Mixed

11%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Pupils

201

Total Pupils

52%Boys

48%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

26%

England average

27%

First language not English

29%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 201
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: THE CARDINAL NEWMAN CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL TRUST

Inspection history

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

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 15 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
21 Nov 2012	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.