St Bernard's Roman Catholic Primary & Nursery School
Primary schoolSt Bernard's Roman Catholic Primary & Nursery School is a primary school in Cheshire West and Chester, for pupils aged 2 to 11. It had 209 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Standards maintained, March 2025
Before that: Good (overall), February 2020
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 25 February 2020
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Standards maintained, 12 March 2025
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 2024/25, 61% of pupils at St Bernard's Roman Catholic Primary & Nursery School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 61% in Cheshire West and Chester and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Cheshire West and Chester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 61% | 61% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105 | 105 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 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- Wolverham Primary and Nursery SchoolPrimary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)430 m
- The Oaks Community Primary SchoolPrimary. Requires improvement (overall), July 2024. 39% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)510 m
- Cambridge Road Community Primary and Nursery SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), October 2023. 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1 km
- Whitby Heath Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- Ellesmere Port Christ Church CofE Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, December 2022. 41% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- Ellesmere Port Church of England CollegeSecondary. Good (overall), March 2023. Attainment 8 of 36.9 (2025/26, provisional)1.3 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Cheshire West and Chester
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).