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St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School

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

personMrs Alexis Satterthwaite

location_onBlackpool, FY2 0AJ

language Visit Website phone 1253353641

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2016

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Students

209

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Expected Standard

45%

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Demand Ratio

0.9x

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St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School is a Voluntary aided school primary school in Blackpool, serving ages 4-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 84% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School is a voluntary aided school in Blackpool, admitting pupils aged 4-11. The school has approximately 209 pupils on roll.

In 2025, 45% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 10% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #23 of 28 primaries in Blackpool and #13,474 of 15,231 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2016. The school's current overall rating is Good.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 0.9× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 19.5:1. There are no current teaching vacancies. Teacher turnover in the previous year was 21.3%.

In the 2023/24 academic year, there was 1 permanent exclusion. The average suspension rate was 2.0 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)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

45%

LA 52%

Reading68% LA 66%

Writing58% LA 62%

Maths71% LA 64%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

102

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

53%

LA 51%England 61%

Reading90% LA 69% · Eng 74%

Writing73% LA 62% · Eng 72%

Maths73% LA 67% · Eng 73%

Read SS

107

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

105

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

70%

LA 52%England 60%

Reading90% LA 65% · Eng 73%

Writing87% LA 65% · Eng 71%

Maths83% LA 66% · Eng 73%

Read SS

107

Maths SS

106

GPS SS

106

Progress (0 = national avg)

1.2

Read

LA -0.8

-1.1 to 3.4

1.3

Write

LA -0.6

-0.8 to 3.5

1.0

Maths

LA -0.4

-1.1 to 3.2

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

71%

LA 65%England 65%

Reading79% LA 74% · Eng 73%

Writing82% LA 73% · Eng 78%

Maths93% LA 79% · Eng 79%

Read SS

106

Maths SS

106

GPS SS

108

Progress (0 = national avg)

0.6

Read

LA 0.7

-1.7 to 2.9

0.8

Write

LA -0.3

-1.3 to 2.9

0.5

Maths

LA 1.1

-1.5 to 2.5

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

71%

LA 59%

Reading75% LA 69%

Writing86% LA 72%

Maths86% LA 73%

Read SS

105

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

106

Progress (0 = national avg)

1.7

Read

LA 0.3

-0.6 to 4

3.2

Write

LA 0.6

1 to 5.4

0.4

Maths

LA 0.6

-1.6 to 2.4

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

Inspection Report

31 December 2024

Inspection Report

17 May 2022

Inspection Report

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27 October 2016

Inspection Report

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17 October 2011

Inspection Report

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30 June 2010

Inspection Report

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14 October 2009

Inspection Report

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20 June 2007

Inspection Report

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10 February 2003

Inspection Report

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Inspection History

3 Evaluations

2016-10-27

None Legacy

No Judgement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

Development

Leadership

2011-10-17

S5 Inspection Legacy

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

2007-06-20

None EIF

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

1.5%per term

warning Above Average

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

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

1.0%(2 pupils)

Summer term 2024

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

Permanent Exclusions

1pupils

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National average: 1.063% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Summer term of 2024, this school served a headcount of 199 pupils. During this period, there were 3 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 1.5%, which is above the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg	Perm. Excl.
2023/24 (Summer term)	199	3	1.5%	0.8%	1
2023/24 (Spring term)	198	3	1.5%	0.7%	0
2023/24 (Autumn term)	196	6	3.1%	0.8%	0
2022/23 (Summer term)	206	1	0.5%	0.7%	0
2022/23 (Spring term)	209	1	0.5%	0.6%	0
2022/23 (Autumn term)	206	0	0.0%	0.6%	0
2021/22 (Summer term)	203	1	0.5%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Spring term)	204	3	1.5%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Autumn term)	203	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2020/21 (Summer term)	201	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2020/21 (Spring term)	204	0	0.0%	0.1%	0
2020/21 (Autumn term)	203	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Summer term)	207	0	0.0%	0.0%	0
2019/20 (Spring term)	207	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Autumn term)	201	0	0.0%	0.6%	0
2018/19 (Summer term)	207	2	1.0%	0.4%	0
2018/19 (Spring term)	207	2	1.0%	0.5%	0
2018/19 (Autumn term)	207	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Summer term)	204	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Spring term)	204	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2017/18 (Autumn term)	208	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2016/17 (Summer term)	204	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Spring term)	203	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Autumn term)	205	0	0.0%	0.5%	1