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St Bernard's Catholic Primary School

Birmingham, B13 9QEPrimaryAges 5–11MixedState
Ofsted Rating
Good
Oct 2022
KS2 Results
68%
meeting expected standard in RWM
Competition
0.8×
Not oversubscribed
43 1st-choice / 54 places
Ranking
#4,927
of 13,686 nationally

About St Bernard's Catholic Primary School

St Bernard’s Catholic Primary School in Birmingham holds a Good rating from Ofsted, a grade it has maintained since its most recent graded inspection in 2012 and confirmed in an ungraded visit in 2022. The school’s most telling exam metric is the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, which stands at 68 per cent. That is five percentage points above the Birmingham local authority average of 63 per cent, placing St Bernard’s 90th out of 254 primary schools in the area. The school also performs well above the LA average in individual subjects: 84 per cent of pupils met the expected standard in maths, and 83 per cent in reading. This is a solid, above-average academic story for a state primary, particularly given that over a third of pupils (36. 6 per cent) are eligible for free school meals, a figure well above the national average.

Key Details

School TypePrimary (State)
Age Range5 to 11 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterRoman Catholic
AddressWake Green Road, Birmingham, Birmingham, B13 9QE
HeadteacherPeter Foley
Local AuthorityBirmingham
Number of Pupils404
Free School Meals (FSM)36.6%
School Capacity404 / 420 (96% full)

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

19 Oct 2022
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Overall Effectiveness
Good
Leadership & Management
Good

Latest monitoring visit (19 Oct 2022): School remains Good

Source: Ofsted, 20 Jun 2012. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

SEND Support

AutismDyslexiaMental HealthSpeech & LanguageLearning Difficulty

Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.

School day

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Teaching hours

08:55 – 15:15

Breakfast club

08:00-08:30

After-school care

15:15-18:00

Source: st-bernards.bham.sch.uk. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.

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St Bernard's Catholic Primary School has been rated "Good" by Ofsted. This means the school provides a good standard of education and effectively supports all pupils to succeed.