St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Stockport
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.803 miles
Published by Stockport Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2025–2026 (miles)
St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Stockport for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 12 July 2024. Stockport has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
St Bernadette'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 | 0.803 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.815 mi |
| Reception 2024 | Not published |
| Reception 2023 | Not published |
| Reception 2022 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 55% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026: the last child offered a place lived 0.803 miles away, the 17th shortest of 78 Stockport primary schools with a published last distance.
- The school had 28 first-choice applications for 29 offers for Reception 2026; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- 54.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 54.1% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Stockport.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Stockport schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Foliage Road, Brinnington, Stockport, SK5 8AR
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Stockport
- Pupils on roll
- 212 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 54.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 12 July 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to be part of this caring school.”
- “They told the inspector that they enjoy meeting new friends and that they look forward to learning new things each day.”
- “They know that supportive staff will help them if they have any worries.”
To improve
- “However, at times, staff do not help pupils to learn and understand new vocabulary well enough.”
- “This is because staff do not explain new words, including subject-specific terminology, in sufficient detail, nor do they check how well pupils have understood these new concepts.”
- “However, persistent absence and lateness remain stubbornly high.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 September 2024 (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) | 55% | 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: 28 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 28 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 Stockport.
- St Paul's Church of England Primary School Brinnington 0.2 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Westmorland Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Arden Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Vernon Park Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Abingdon Primary School 1.0 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Whitehill Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published