St Brendan's Catholic Primary School
About St Brendan's Catholic Primary School
If you're a parent considering St Brendan's, the first thing you'll notice is that it's a genuinely popular school. For the 2025/26 intake, the school received 56 applications for just 35 places, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1. 6. That means for every place, nearly two families wanted it. Crucially, of those 56 applications, 34 were first-preference choices, and every single one of those families was offered a place. So while the school is oversubscribed, if you live close enough or have a strong connection to the Catholic faith, your chances of getting in are very good indeed. The school is a state-funded Roman Catholic primary for mixed-gender pupils aged 4 to 11, with a current roll of 298 children against a capacity of 315, so it's running close to full. Headteacher Leanne Brydon leads the school, which was rated Good by Ofsted in its most recent graded inspection in 2018, a rating it has held through a subsequent ungraded inspection in 2023.
Key Details
Ofsted Inspection Breakdown
18 Oct 2023Latest monitoring visit (18 Oct 2023): School remains Good
Source: Ofsted, 12 Jul 2018. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.
SEND Support
Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.
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