UK Schools
St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School
St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School is a mixed local-authority maintained secondary school in Bristol, Bristol City Council, teaching 753 pupils aged 11 to 16. It was last inspected by Ofsted in January 2025. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 44.5 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 1 September 2025 to 21 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School.
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School.
- 1 Autumn Term Starts
- 24 Autumn Term Ends
- 27 Autumn Half Term
- 3 Autumn Term 2 Starts
- 19 Autumn Term 2 Ends
- 25 Christmas Day
- 26 Boxing Day
- 1 New Year's Day
- 5 Spring Term Starts
- 13 Spring Term Ends
- 16 Spring Half Term
- 23 Spring Term 2 Starts
- 2 Spring Term 2 Ends
- 3 Good Friday
- 6 Easter Monday
- 20 Summer Term Starts
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 22 Summer Term Ends
- 25 Summer Half Term
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 1 Summer Term 2 Starts
- 21 Summer Term 2 Ends
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Autumn Term Starts 1 September 2025 Term
- Autumn Term Ends 24 October 2025 Term
- Autumn Half Term 27 October 2025 to 31 October 2025 Holiday
- Autumn Term 2 Starts 3 November 2025 Term
- Autumn Term 2 Ends 19 December 2025 Term
- Spring Term Starts 5 January 2026 Term
- Spring Term Ends 13 February 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term 16 February 2026 to 20 February 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term 2 Starts 23 February 2026 Term
- Spring Term 2 Ends 2 April 2026 Term
- Summer Term Starts 20 April 2026 Term
- Summer Term Ends 22 May 2026 Term
- Summer Half Term 25 May 2026 to 29 May 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term 2 Starts 1 June 2026 Term
- Summer Term 2 Ends 21 July 2026 Term
- Christmas Holiday Late December 2025 to early January 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday Early April 2026 Holiday
- Summer Holiday Late July 2026 to early September 2026 Holiday
- New Year's Day 1 January 2026 Event
- Good Friday 3 April 2026 Event
- Easter Monday 6 April 2026 Holiday
- Early May Bank Holiday 4 May 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday 25 May 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday 31 August 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day 25 December 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day 26 December 2025 Event
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School with Bristol City Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 44.5 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Bristol City Council England
Attendance 29.3% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Bristol City Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 92% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school Bristol City Council England
About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.