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Saint Bernadette Catholic Primary School

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personCo Headteacher Sandra Lavelle-Murphy / Jodie Reilly

location_onSt Albans, AL2 1NL

language Visit Website phone 1727822489

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2018

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Students

216

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Expected Standard

80%

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Demand Ratio

1.0x

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Saint Bernadette Catholic Primary School is a Voluntary aided school primary school in St Albans, serving ages 4-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Demand is above capacity (1.0×) — apply through your local authority on time. Ranks in the top 10% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Saint Bernadette Catholic Primary School is a voluntary aided school in St Albans, Hertfordshire, admitting pupils aged 4-11. The school has approximately 216 pupils on roll.

In 2024, 80% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 3% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #102 of 366 primaries in Hertfordshire and #4,859 of 15,713 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2018. The school's current overall rating is Good.

The school is oversubscribed — in the most recent cycle, there were 1.0× as many applications as places, making a successful application competitive.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 20.2:1. There are no current teaching vacancies. Teacher turnover in the previous year was 23.3%.

In the 2023/24 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.0 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

80%

LA 61%England 61%

Reading87% LA 76% · Eng 74%

Writing90% LA 70% · Eng 72%

Maths93% LA 73% · Eng 73%

Read SS

107

Maths SS

106

GPS SS

108

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

72%

LA 59%England 60%

Reading90% LA 74% · Eng 73%

Writing83% LA 69% · Eng 71%

Maths86% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Read SS

108

Maths SS

106

GPS SS

107

Progress (0 = national avg)

0.8

Read

LA 0.3

-1.4 to 3.1

-0.1

Write

LA -0.4

-2.3 to 2.1

0.3

Maths

LA -0.1

-1.9 to 2.4

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

73%

LA 65%England 65%

Reading77% LA 75% · Eng 73%

Writing87% LA 78% · Eng 78%

Maths80% LA 78% · Eng 79%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

102

Progress (0 = national avg)

-1.3

Read

LA -0.1

-3.5 to 1.0

1.0

Write

LA -0.5

-1.1 to 3.0

-2.8

Maths

LA -0.5

-4.7 to -0.8

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

82%

LA 66%

Reading93% LA 78%

Writing89% LA 78%

Maths93% LA 76%

Read SS

108

Maths SS

107

GPS SS

107

Progress (0 = national avg)

0.6

Read

LA 0.1

-1.7 to 2.9

0.2

Write

LA -0.5

-2 to 2.4

0.8

Maths

LA -0.4

-1.2 to 2.8

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

Inspection Report

30 June 2024

Inspection Report

09 October 2018

Inspection Report

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22 October 2013

Inspection Report

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01 February 2012

Inspection Report

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08 July 2009

Inspection Report

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03 March 2008

Inspection Report

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17 May 2006

Inspection Report

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24 May 2004

Inspection Report

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Inspection History

2 Evaluations

2018-10-09

S5 Inspection Legacy

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

2013-10-22

None Legacy

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

0.0%per term

sentiment_satisfied Below Average (Good)

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.0%(0 pupils)

Summer term 2024

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.063% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Summer term of 2024, this school served a headcount of 221 pupils. During this period, there were 0 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 0.0%, which is below the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2023/24 (Summer term)	221	0	0.0%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	221	0	0.0%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	218	0	0.0%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	221	0	0.0%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	216	2	0.9%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	215	3	1.4%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	220	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	219	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	221	0	0.0%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	231	0	0.0%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	230	0	0.0%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	231	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Summer term)	236	0	0.0%	0.0%
2019/20 (Spring term)	236	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Autumn term)	232	0	0.0%	0.6%
2018/19 (Summer term)	231	1	0.4%	0.4%
2018/19 (Spring term)	227	2	0.9%	0.5%
2018/19 (Autumn term)	233	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Summer term)	227	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Spring term)	225	0	0.0%	0.4%
2017/18 (Autumn term)	225	0	0.0%	0.5%
2016/17 (Summer term)	228	0	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Spring term)	229	0	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Autumn term)	230	0	0.0%	0.5%