St Bernard's Roman Catholic Primary School

State-Funded School

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North WestRegion

Cheshire West and ChesterLocal Authority

Ellesmere Port and BromboroughConstituency

CH65 5EWPostcode

2.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Bernard's Roman Catholic Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–11, located in Cheshire West and Chester, North West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 209 pupils. St Bernard's Roman Catholic Primary School is part of Holy Family Catholic Multi Academy Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 48%
Higher standard: 13%
Reading score: 103
Maths score: 100

Ethnicity

White

81%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

209

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

33%

England average

27%

First language not English

22%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 2 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 209
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: Holy Family Catholic Multi Academy 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 12 March 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
23 Jun 2020	Outstanding	Good	Outstanding	Good	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.