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St Bernard's RC Primary School Manchester

Primary Ages 3-11 154 pupils Manchester
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St Bernard's RC Primary School Manchester is a voluntary aided school in Manchester for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 154 pupils on roll. In 2025, 21% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Suspensions are common here, with 8.9 in every 100 pupils suspended at least once in 2024/25 (nationally, 1.1). Absence is higher than at almost all other primary schools, with 10% of sessions missed in 2024/25 against 5.2% nationally, and 32% of pupils were persistently absent.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Voluntary aided school
Age Range 3-11
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Burnage Lane
Manchester
M19 1DR
Phone 01614327635
Reference Number 105541

General Makeup

Number of pupils 154
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 50%
Girls: 50%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 61.7%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 24.7%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 18.3
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 17
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 21

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 6 6 12
2 10 9 19
3 6 7 13
4 10 11 21
5 17 15 32
6 16 15 31

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 48.1%
Pakistani 11.7%
African 6.5%
White & Black (Caribbean) 5.8%
Mixed, Other 5.8%
Indian 5.2%
White, Other 3.9%
White & Asian 3.2%
Asian, Other 2.6%
Caribbean 1.9%
White & Black (African) 0.6%
Irish 0.6%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 07 Dec 2022 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
07 Dec 2022 School inspection
07 Mar 2017 Full inspection
21 Mar 2012 Full inspection:
30 Jun 2010 Interim assessment
03 Jul 2007 Full inspection:
24 Jun 2002 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 21%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 0%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 100
Maths 99

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -4.2
Writing -6.9
Maths -6.2

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Average Scaled Score

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 8 0
Third Preference 7 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 St Bernard's RC Primary School Manchester had 156 pupils for 315 places. 159 places (50.5%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Primary - South” planning area

Manchester counted 1,396 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 1,321 in 2029–30, down 5%.

201020112012201320142015201620172018201920212022202320242025
Places 315315315315315315315315315315315315315315315
Pupils 293288287288298298293292300283254244196193156
Unfilled 7.0%8.6%8.9%8.6%5.4%5.4%7.0%7.3%4.8%10.2%19.4%22.5%37.8%38.7%50.5%

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at St Bernard's RC Primary School Manchester attended 90.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 32.1% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20142015201620172018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 2.4%2.7%3.1%3.0%3.2%3.2%4.2%5.3%5.4%4.4%5.2%
Unauthorised absence 0.9%1.3%1.1%1.9%2.1%2.6%1.7%3.4%3.5%3.1%4.8%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.4%0.0%0.8%0.0%1.1%0.4%2.1%3.4%1.1%6.0%

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 8.9% of pupils at St Bernard's RC Primary School Manchester were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.00.00.00.00.31.40.62.32.46.10.311.017.416.031.850.3
Permanent exclusions 0000000010000100

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 St Bernard's RC Primary School Manchester had 15.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 37.1% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

2011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 13.012.411.710.710.69.310.110.79.811.810.910.911.59.613.47.5
Teachers who left state teaching 0.0%0.0%20.5%24.2%23.8%29.4%6.8%6.6%12.7%7.0%0.0%15.2%27.5%0.0%28.6%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 68.8%81.3%73.7%65.0%52.4%75.0%57.9%42.1%63.2%–60.0%75.0%45.5%42.9%57.1%–
Sick days per teacher 2.72.94.85.51.84.95.22.23.0–5.64.22.112.23.1–

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 30.5% of pupils at St Bernard's RC Primary School Manchester were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Social, emotional and mental health 23 2
Speech, language and communication needs 14 7
Other difficulty or disability 3 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 2 0
No specialist assessment of need 2 0
Hearing impairment 1 0
Moderate learning difficulty 0 1
Physical disability 1 0
Vision impairment 1 0

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 St Bernard's RC Primary School Manchester received £8,818 and spent £9,750 for each of its 154 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £19,000 (£126 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

20192020202120222023202420252026
Revenue reserve £93,000£83,000£274,000£282,000£182,000£102,000£163,000£19,000
per pupil £299£279£1,041£1,113£854£530£965£126
In-year balance £38,000-£10,000£191,000£8,000-£100,000-£80,000£61,000-£144,000
per pupil £121-£34£726£31-£468-£417£362-£933

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

Name Distance
Green End Primary School
Burnage Lane, Burnage, Manchester, M19 1DR
0.06 miles
Ladybarn Primary School
Briarfield Road, Withington, Manchester, M20 4SR
0.46 miles
Mauldeth Road Primary School
Mauldeth Road, Withington, Manchester, M14 6SG
0.46 miles
Acacias Community Primary School
Alexandra Drive, Burnage, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M19 2WW
0.56 miles
Tithe Barn Primary School
Mauldeth Road, Heaton Mersey, Stockport, Cheshire, SK4 3NG
0.67 miles
Cringle Brook Primary School
388 Slade Lane, Levenshulme, M19 2HT
0.75 miles
St Mary's RC Primary School, Manchester, A Voluntary Academy
Clare Road, Levenshulme, Manchester, M19 2QW
0.81 miles
St Cuthbert's RC Primary School and Nursery, A Voluntary Academy
Heyscroft Road, Withington, Manchester, M20 4UZ
0.83 miles
Alma Park Primary School
Errwood Road, Levenshulme, Manchester, M19 2PF
0.93 miles
St Thomas' Church of England Primary School Heaton Chapel
Wellington Road North, Heaton Chapel, Stockport, Cheshire, SK4 4QG
0.98 miles
Freshfield Nursery School
42 Mauldeth Road, Stockport, SK4 3NB
0.98 miles
St John's Church of England Primary School
Poplar Street, Heaton Mersey, Stockport, Cheshire, SK4 3DG
1.06 miles
St Paul's CofE Primary School
St Paul's Road, Withington, Manchester, M20 4PG
1.08 miles
Birchfields Primary School
Lytham Road, Fallowfield, Manchester, M14 6PL
1.09 miles
St Andrew's CofE Primary School
Broom Avenue, Levenshulme, Manchester, M19 2UH
1.13 miles
Stella Maris School
St John's Road, Heaton Mersey, Stockport, Cheshire, SK4 3BR
1.14 miles
St Winifred's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Didsbury Road, Stockport, Cheshire, SK4 3JH
1.16 miles
Didsbury Road Primary School
Didsbury Road, Heaton Mersey, Didsbury Road Primary School, Stockport, Cheshire, SK4 3HB
1.17 miles
Chapel Street Community Primary School
Chapel Street, Levenshulme, Manchester, M19 3GH
1.19 miles
St Catherine's RC Primary School
School Lane, Didsbury, St Catherines Rc Primary Scho, Manchester, M20 6HS
1.22 miles
Name Distance
Burnage Academy for Boys
Burnage Lane, Burnage, Manchester, M19 1ER
0.16 miles
Levenshulme High School
Crossley Road, Levenshulme, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M19 1FS
0.63 miles
Heaton School
St James Road, Heaton Moor, Stockport, Cheshire, SK4 4RE
0.67 miles
Priestnall School
Priestnall Road, Heaton Mersey, Stockport, Cheshire, SK4 3HP
0.81 miles
Covenant Christian School
48 Heaton Moor Road, Heaton Moor, Stockport, Cheshire, SK4 4NX
0.92 miles
Manchester Vocational and Learning Academy
19 Albert Road, Manchester, M19 2EQ
1.06 miles
Manchester Enterprise Academy Central
Lytham Road, Levenshulme, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M14 6PL
1.16 miles
Withington Girls' School
Wellington Road, Manchester, M14 6BL
1.17 miles
The Barlow RC High School
Parrs Wood Road, East Didsbury, Manchester, M20 6BX
1.21 miles
The Manchester Grammar School
Old Hall Lane, Manchester, M13 0XT
1.4 miles
St Anne's RC Voluntary Academy
Glenfield Road, Heaton Chapel, Stockport, Cheshire, SK4 2QP
1.42 miles
Manchester High School for Girls
Grangethorpe Road, Manchester, M14 6HS
1.49 miles
Parrs Wood High School
Wilmslow Road, East Didsbury, Manchester, M20 5PG
1.68 miles
Grange School
Matthews Lane, Gorton, Manchester, M12 4GR
1.75 miles
Cedar Mount Academy
GORTON EDUCATION VILLAGE, 50 WEMBLEY ROAD, GORTON, GREATER MANCHESTER, M18 7DT
1.84 miles
Melland High School
GORTON EDUCATION VILLAGE, 50 WEMBLEY ROAD, GORTON, GREATER MANCHESTER, M18 7DT
1.84 miles
Brinksway School
Yew Street, Stockport, SK4 2HG
1.88 miles
Xaverian College
Lower Park Road, Manchester, M14 5RB
1.98 miles
Didsbury High School
4 the Avenue, Didsbury, Manchester, M20 2ET
1.99 miles
Progress Schools - Stockport
Belgrave House, 211 Chestergate, Stockport, SK3 0AN
2.01 miles

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How many pupils does St Bernard's RC Primary School Manchester have?

St Bernard's RC Primary School Manchester has 154 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Bernard's RC Primary School Manchester cover?

St Bernard's RC Primary School Manchester for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are St Bernard's RC Primary School Manchester's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 21% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Bernard's RC Primary School Manchester?

St Bernard's RC Primary School Manchester is at Burnage Lane, Manchester, M19 1DR.

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