St Bernards Catholic High School, Barrow

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 28 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Westmorland and Furness
Unique reference
148702
Address
Rating Lane, LA13 9LE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
663 (69% of total capacity)
Boys
53.4%
Girls
46.6%
First language not English
6.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
27%
Persistent absence
30.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 87%
Other Asian 3%
Indian 2.6%
Mixed 2.5%
Other White 2.3%
Other 1.2%
African 0.8%
Chinese 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Unclassified 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.55
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.1
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 7%
Local authority average 24%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 29%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41.3
Local authority average 46.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.5
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE2
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE13
BiologyGCSE28
ChemistryGCSE27
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE54
Design & TechnologyGCSE41
English LanguageGCSE148
English LiteratureGCSE146
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE42
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

St Bernards Catholic High School, Barrow

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
124
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
108
2nd preference
97
3rd preference
36
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
108
2nd preference
12
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes25.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
120
56
64
Year 8
146
81
65
Year 9
120
63
57
Year 10
151
74
77
Year 11
126
80
46
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
72.0%
n/a
86.5%
Further education
67.0%
n/a
34.7%
School sixth form
4.0%
n/a
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
n/a
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
n/a
0.9%
Entering employment
8.0%
n/a
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
15.0%
n/a
3.4%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
n/a
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
n/a
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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