St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 11–16 · Bristol, Bristol, City of
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.55 miles
Published by Bristol City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School is a secondary school in Bristol, Bristol, City of for ages 11–16 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 8 January 2025. Bristol, City of has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2021 to 2026 entry.
St Bernadette Catholic Secondary 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 0.55 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 the last Year 7 child offered a place lived 0.55 miles away, the shortest of 9 Bristol secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was nearer than in 2025 and in 2024, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- Year 7 2026 had 171 first-choice applications for 141 offers: 132 offers went to first-choice families, and 39 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 38% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 44.5 (England 46).
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
- Fossedale Avenue, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 9LS
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Bristol, City of
- Pupils on roll
- 753 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 26.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 8 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils feel welcome and included at this school.”
- “They know that they are valued, regardless of their faith, culture or background.”
- “They also learn how to stay safe in the wider community and online.”
To improve
- “However, sometimes teaching activities are not well matched to what pupils know and can do.”
- “When this is the case, pupils do not learn new content effectively.”
- “This limits what some pupils achieve.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 February 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 38% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 44.5 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 171 first-preference applications, 141 offers in total, 132 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Bristol, City of.
- Oasis Academy John Williams 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Daventry Road 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Oasis Academy Brislington 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Temple Quarter 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School 2.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bedminster Down School 2.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bristol Cathedral Choir School 3.0 mi Good Last distance published
- The City Academy Bristol 3.1 mi Standards maintained
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