St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Walsall
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Walsall Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2014–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Walsall for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 30 April 2024. Walsall has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2014 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2015 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2014 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 52% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 had 12 first-choice applications for 12 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; the published admission number for Reception 2027 is 15.
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 45 of the 75 other Walsall primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- 41.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Walsall is 30.2%.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Walsall schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Narrow Lane, Brownhills, Walsall, WS8 6HX
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Walsall
- Pupils on roll
- 104 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 41.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 30 April 2024
Strengths
- “St Bernadette’s is a welcoming school to all.”
- “Many refer to the school as being like a family.”
- “This is because pupils feel happy and safe.”
To improve
- “However, pupils’ mistakes and misunderstandings are not always identified quickly or accurately enough.”
- “This limits the progress that pupils make in some subjects.”
- “However, sometimes their specific learning targets are not precise enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 June 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) | 52% | 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: 12 first-preference applications, 12 offers in total, 12 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 Walsall.
- St James Academy 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Watling Street Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Millfield Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Brownhills West Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Walsall Wood School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St John's Church of England Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Castlefort Academy 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published