St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School
About the school
St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School is an open primary school in Brighton and Hove.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 6 January 2026
- Published
- 1 March 2026
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
Published inspection outcomes
Safeguarding
Met
Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Results and school context
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 66%
- Brighton and Hove
- 60%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 6%
- Brighton and Hove
- 5%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 84%
- Brighton and Hove
- 76%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 81%
- Brighton and Hove
- 71%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 72%
- Brighton and Hove
- 71%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 72%
- Brighton and Hove
- 71%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 28%
- Brighton and Hove
- 26%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 91%
- Brighton and Hove
- 85%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 108
- Brighton and Hove
- 106
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 105
- Brighton and Hove
- 104
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 106
- Brighton and Hove
- 105
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
217
Girls
50.23%
Boys
49.77%
SEN support
16.13%
Education, health and care plan
2.76%
English as an additional language
26.30%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
10.60%
Overall absence
4.54
Persistent absence
6.88