St Bernard's Roman Catholic Primary & Nursery School is a state-funded primary school in Cheshire West and Chester, North West, for pupils aged 2 to 11 for boys and girls. DfE data records 209 pupils on roll and a published capacity of 240.
The latest recorded Ofsted overall judgement is Good (12 Mar 2025). 61% met the expected KS2 standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25. Admissions data records 17 first-preference applications and 22 offers made on national offer day for 2026/27.
Reporting periods vary by source — Methodology.
School admissions data, what the Ofsted report means for you, and how it compares to nearby schools.
Good
Based on 12 Mar 2025 · Legacy grading · Open inspection report ↗
| Area | Judgement |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good |
| Behaviour & attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership & management | Outstanding |
| Early years provision | Good |
| Area | Judgement |
|---|---|
| Overall effectiveness | Outstanding |
| Leadership & management | Outstanding |
| Early years provision | Good |
Ungraded inspection · 12 Mar 2025: Standards maintained
Published 23 Jun 2020.
Ofsted legacy grades; compare inspection dates and frameworks.
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| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| School’s local authority | Cheshire West and Chester |
| Applications open | September 2026 |
| Application deadline | 15 January 2027 |
| National offer day | 16 April 2027 |
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| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Offers made on National Offer Day | 22 |
| First-preference applications | 17 |
| Applications (all preferences) | 35 |
| First-preference offers | 17 |
Source: Published admissions data; follow each measure’s labelled basis, including all preferences where shown.
| Subject | School (expected) | School (higher) | Average score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing & maths | 61% | 0% | — |
| Reading | 78% | 17% | 104 |
| Writing | 70% | 0% | — |
| Maths | 78% | 26% | 105 |
DfE · 2024/25; compare the same year and measure (— unavailable or suppressed).
18.5 pupils per qualified teacher
2025/26 · Full-time equivalent teachers, not class size.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Authorised absence2024/25 | 3.66% |
| Unauthorised absence2024/25 | 1.62% |
| Group | Pupils |
|---|---|
| White British | 69.9% |
| White other | 11.5% |
| Mixed | 2.9% |
| Asian | 5.3% |
| Black | 7.2% |
| Other | 1.9% |
DfE school, census, workforce, absence and exclusion data; periods vary, and missing values are not zero.
DfE data; confirm current support with the school's SENCO.
88% would recommend this school
16 responses · Sep 2024 – Sep 2025
| Question | Agree or strongly agree |
|---|---|
| Happy at school | 94% |
| Feels safe | 94% |
| Well behaved pupils | 76% |
| Bullying dealt with | 6% |
| Question | Agree or strongly agree |
|---|---|
| Aware of curriculum | 94% |
| Concerns dealt with | 50% |
| SEND support | 0% |
| High expectations | 81% |
| Child does well | 100% |
| Progress updates | 82% |
| Subject range | 100% |
| Clubs & activities | 100% |
| Personal development | 88% |
View the Ofsted dataset: voluntary responses may not represent all families; separate from Classpot reviews.
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