St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Birmingham·B25 8QL
Composite score
50.5
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#7,099
National rank
#721
In West Midlands
#129
In Birmingham
Top 48%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
58%
% achieving higher RWM
11%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
50 first choices, 53 places
First choices per place
0.94
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
113
any preference, for 53 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.04
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9920220.9520231.0020240.9920250.942026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
602
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
48.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
28.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
18.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
17.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,198
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School

St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Birmingham, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 602 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 58% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 7.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 11% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 50 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.8%. There are about 19.4 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 48% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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