St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School
Ofsted: Expected
Score
C68
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Brighton, BN1 6UT
- Distance
- 0.8km away
Balfour Primary School
Balfour Road, Brighton, BN1 6NE
Local ranking24th of 45 primary schools in Brighton and Hove
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
718
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 6 December 2023.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 71.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 10.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 87.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 78.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 84.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 78.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 107.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 107.0
- Cohort Size
- 97
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 682
- Boys
- 352 (51%)
- Girls
- 343 (49%)
- Capacity
- 718 (97% full)
- SEND
- 12.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 11.3%
- EAL
- 7.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.5%
- SEN Support
- 10.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 23.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 29.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,031/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 8.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 76.5%
- White Other: 7.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 4.8%
- Mixed Other: 3.1%
- Asian Other: 1.6%
- Black African: 1.6%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.3%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.0%
76.5%
White British
7.7%
White Other
4.8%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Balfour Road
Brighton, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 114382
- UKPRN
- 10072147
- Establishment No.
- 2040
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