St Bernards Catholic High School, Barrow
Ofsted: Good
Score
D47
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Barrow-in-Furness, LA13 9LE
- Distance
- 1.6km away
Furness Academy
Park Drive, Barrow-in-Furness, LA13 9BB
Local ranking16th of 20 secondary schools in Westmorland and Furness
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1200
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 13 March 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 40.8 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 31.7% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 52.9% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 221
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 72.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 14.0%
- Employment
- 6.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1188
- Boys
- 616 (52%)
- Girls
- 571 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1200 (99% full)
- SEND
- 17.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 29.9%
- EAL
- 1.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 6.5%
- SEN Support
- 10.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 62.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,476/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 25.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Not applicable
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 96.0%
- Mixed Other: 0.9%
- White Other: 0.8%
- Other: 0.5%
- Asian Other: 0.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.3%
- Black African: 0.3%
- Asian Chinese: 0.3%
96.0%
White British
0.9%
Mixed Other
0.8%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Park Drive
Barrow-in-Furness, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 135940
- UKPRN
- 10027714
- Establishment No.
- 6908
- Trust
- FURNESS EDUCATION TRUST
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