St Bernard's Catholic High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Rotherham
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Not published
From Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Bernard's Catholic High School is a secondary school in Rotherham for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 20 February 2024. Rotherham has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
St Bernard's Catholic High 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 | Not published |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 43% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%); the Attainment 8 score was 48.9 (England 46).
- Year 7 2026 drew 254 first-choice applications for 146 offers, 1.7 first choices per offer, the highest of 16 Rotherham secondary schools.
- All 146 Year 7 2026 offers went to first-choice families, and 108 first-choice families (43%) were not offered a place.
- 23.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Rotherham is 42.7%.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Rotherham schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Herringthorpe Valley Road, Rotherham, S65 3BE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Rotherham
- Pupils on roll
- 818 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 20 February 2024
Strengths
- “St Bernard’s has an exceptionally strong sense of community, where everyone is welcomed, accepted and nurtured.”
- “As a result, pupils are happy and feel safe coming to school.”
- “Instances of poor behaviour are rare.”
To improve
- “In a small number of lessons, the teaching approaches used do not always enable pupils to learn the curriculum as well as they might.”
- “Younger pupils have occasional gaps in their knowledge in some curriculum areas.”
- “Younger pupils read more widely and often than their older peers.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 April 2024 (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) | 43% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 48.9 | 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: 254 first-preference applications, 146 offers in total, 146 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 Rotherham.
- Clifton Community School 0.9 mi Some aspects not as strong
- Oakwood High School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Wickersley School and Sports College 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Thrybergh Academy 2.2 mi Requires improvement
- Brinsworth Academy 2.7 mi School remains Good
- Wingfield Academy 3.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Rawmarsh Community School 3.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- Winterhill School 3.2 mi School remains Good