St Bernard's High School
Secondary schoolSt Bernard's High School is a secondary school in Southend-on-Sea, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It had 1,001 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026School remains Good, March 2023
- Latest ungraded inspection
- School remains Good, 22 March 2023
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at St Bernard's High School was 51.5, against 51.9 in Southend-on-Sea and 46.2 in England.
51.8% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Southend-on-Sea | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 51.5 | 51.9 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 51.8% | 54.5% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 74.1% | 71.7% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 170 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Compass Community School Boleyn ParkSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file170 m
- Barons Court Primary School and NurseryPrimary. School remains Outstanding, March 2023. 91% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)340 m
- Milton Hall Primary School and NurseryPrimary. Good (overall), April 2024. 38% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)470 m
- St Helen's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), February 2023. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)590 m
- Beis Chinuch Lebonos WestcliffIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file640 m
- St Mary's, Prittlewell, CofE Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade. 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)810 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Southend-on-Sea
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).