St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 7 2018 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Bristol, City of
Unique reference
109331
Address
Fossedale Avenue, Whitchurch, BS14 9LS

Pupils

Number of Pupils
747 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
50.7%
Girls
49.3%
First language not English
13.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
27.3%
Persistent absence
33.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 64.5%
Mixed 8.7%
Other White 8.4%
African 4%
Pakistani 3.1%
Indian 2.7%
Other Black 2.3%
Other 1.5%
Other Asian 1.3%
Caribbean 1.3%
Unclassified 1.1%
Chinese 0.8%
Irish 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.21
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.03
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 19%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 32%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45
Local authority average 45.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.69
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award16
Art & DesignGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE27
BiologyGCSE49
ChemistryGCSE47
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE25
English LanguageGCSE143
English LiteratureGCSE139
FrenchGCSE10
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
145
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
143
2nd preference
130
3rd preference
100
From another Local Authority
24
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
134
2nd preference
8
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
11
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
150
81
69
Year 8
150
68
82
Year 9
150
72
78
Year 10
150
83
67
Year 11
147
75
72
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
83.8%
85.6%
Further education
31.0%
29.5%
35.4%
School sixth form
10.0%
40.2%
36.6%
Sixth form college
42.0%
13.6%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
4.5%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
2.6%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
7.2%
5.9%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.9%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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