St Bernard's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 5–11 · Birmingham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Birmingham City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Bernard's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 5–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 19 October 2022. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
St Bernard's Catholic Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 72% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), but 2% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026 there were 30 first-choice applications for 38 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 8 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Every applicant was offered a place for Reception 2026, as at 197 of the 275 other Birmingham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Birmingham schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Wake Green Road, Moseley, Birmingham, B13 9QE
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 393 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 37.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 19 October 2022
Strengths
- “Leaders are ambitious for all pupils at St Bernard’s Catholic Primary School.”
- “The school motto, ‘one family, following Christ, learning together, making a difference’, is central to the school’s work.”
- “Pupils love reading and they have access to a wide range of books.”
To improve
- “However, support for some pupils with specific needs is not always as sharply focused as it could be.”
- “However, they do not have enough opportunities to practise these skills when working independently.”
- “However, the curriculum is not always adapted well enough or as carefully tailored as it could be to meet the needs of pupils with additional needs.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 December 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 72% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 30 first-preference applications, 38 offers in total, 30 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Birmingham.
- Springfield Primary Academy 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Yorkmead Junior and Infant School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hall Green Infant School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hall Green Junior School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- Billesley Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St John's CofE Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Al-Furqan Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published