St Bernadette Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Bristol, Bristol, City of
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From Bristol City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Bernadette Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School is a primary school in Bristol, Bristol, City of for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 12 July 2023. Bristol, City of has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
St Bernadette Catholic Voluntary Aided 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 | Not published |
| 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 |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, there were 41 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families and 11 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 47% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The school has 24.1 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.9 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Bristol.
- 9.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 41.8% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Bristol.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Bristol, City of schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Gladstone Road, Hengrove, Bristol, BS14 9LP
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Bristol, City of
- Pupils on roll
- 268 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 12 July 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy to attend St Bernadette Catholic Primary School.”
- “They enjoy learning in the school’s warm, caring environment.”
- “All year groups play well together and are considerate towards one another.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, teachers do not use assessment well enough to highlight what pupils know and what they need to learn next.”
- “This means pupils’ understanding in these subjects is less secure than it is in others.”
- “Pupils do not learn the curriculum as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 September 2023 (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) | 47% | 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: 41 first-preference applications, 30 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 Bristol, City of.
- Perry Court E-ACT Academy 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Oasis Academy New Oak 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Woodlands Academy 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Bridge Farm Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- West Town Lane Academy 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Waycroft Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Ilminster Avenue E-ACT Academy 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wansdyke Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
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